See Also: wholesome(medicine)
wholesome(dictionary)
wholesome(dictionary)

wholesome (iou)



wholesome adjective & noun. ME.
[from WHOLE adjective + -SOME1; prob. already in Old English (cf. Old High German heilsam, Old Norse heilsamr). Cf. HALESOME.]
A. adjective.
Conducive to general well-being; promoting mental or moral health; beneficial; prudent, safe. ME.
Steele Bestow a little of your wholesome Advice upon our Coachmen. Blitz The kind of provincial trad jazz that wholesome hobbies are built upon.
Promoting physical health; salubrious. Formerly also, curative, medicinal. LME.
Tolkien The air is wholesome there because of the outlets through fissures in the rock.
Having a sound (physical or moral) constitution; healthy. E16.
T. Berger The most vicious types..would today qualify as the most wholesome of citizens.
Nautical. (Of a ship) not liable to roll; (of a sea) not causing ships to roll. Now rare. E17.
b. noun. In pl. Wholesome things. rare. M18.
wholesomely adverb ME.
wholesomeness noun ME.