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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Wholesome \Whole"some\, a. [Compar. {Wholesomer}; superl.
{Wholesomest}.] [Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G.
heilsam, D. heilzaam.]
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1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious;
salutary.
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Wholesome thirst and appetite. --Milton.
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From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable
and wholesome variety of food. --A Smith.
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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.
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A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. --Prov. xv. 4.
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I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my
wit's diseased. --Shak.
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A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. --Sir
W. Scott.
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3. Sound; healthy. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- {Whole"some*ly}, adv. --
{Whole"some*ness}, n.
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