2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wholesome \Whole"some\, a. [Compar. {Wholesomer}; superl.
{Wholesomest}.] [Whole + some cf Icel. heilsamr G.
heilsam D. heilzaam.]
1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious;
salutary.
Wholesome thirst and appetite. --Milton.
From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable
and wholesome variety of food. --A Smith.
2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to
morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good;
salutary; sound; as wholesome advice; wholesome
doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. --Prov. xv 4.
I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my
wit's diseased. --Shak.
A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. --Sir
W. Scott.
3. Sound; healthy. [Obs.] --Shak. -- {Whole"some*ly}, adv --
{Whole"some*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
wholesome
adj 1: conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral
well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome
appearance"; "wholesome food" [ant: {unwholesome}]
2: sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind; "exercise
develops wholesome appetites"; "a grin on his ugly
wholesome face"
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