wholesome

Definition

Promoting good physical health and well-being.

Etymology

From earlier holesome, from Middle English holsom, holsum, helsum, halsum, from Old English *hālsum, *hǣlsum, from Proto-West Germanic *hailasam, from Proto-Germanic *hailasamaz, equivalent to whole + -some or hale (“healthy”) + -some. Cognate with Saterland Frisian heelsoam, Dutch heilzaam, German Low German heelsaam, German heilsam, Icelandic heilsamur, Norwegian Nynorsk helsesam, Swedish hälsosam (“wholesome”).

Example Sentences

• "I prethee go, and get me ſome repaſt, I care not what, ſo it be holſome foode."
• "Though hard, my friends, yet wholesome are the truths, taught in affliction's school, whence the pure soul rises refined, and soars above the world."
• "A wholeſome tongue is a tree of life: but peruerſneſſe therein is a breach in the ſpirit."