WHOLESOME

wholesome. Wholesome, a. contributing to health, salutary

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Whole″some (?), a. [Compar. Wholesomer (?); superl. Wholesomest.] [[Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam.]] 1. 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. 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. 3. Sound; healthy. Shak.
— Whole″some‐ly, adv. — Whole″some‐ness, n.