Definitions for wholesome
ˈhoʊl səmwhole·some

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wholesomeadjective

   conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being

   "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food"

2. wholesomeadjective

   sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind

   "exercise develops wholesome appetites"; "a grin on his ugly wholesome face"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. wholesomeadjective

   promoting good health and well-being

2. wholesomeadjective

   promoting moral and mental well-being

3. wholesomeadjective

   sound and healthy

4. wholesomeadjective

   promoting virtue or being virtuous

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wholesomeadjective

   Etymology: heelsam, Dutch; heylsam, Teutonick; both from hæl , Saxon, health.

   1. Sound. Contrary to unsound in doctrine.

   They suffer us to famish, repeal daily any wholesome act established against the rich, and provide more piercing statutes to chain up the poor. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   ’Tis no less
   To govern justly, make your empire flourish,
   With wholesome laws, in riches, peace, and plenty;
   Than, by the expence of wealth and blood, to make
   New acquisitions. John Denham, Sophy.

   So the doctrine contain’d be but wholesome and edifying, a want of exactness in speaking may be overlook’d. Francis Atterbury.

   2. Contributing to health.

   Night not now, as ere man fell,
   Wholesome and cool and mild; but with black air
   Accompany’d, with damps and dreadful gloom. John Milton.

   Besides the wholesome luxury which that place abounds with, a kitchen garden is a more pleasant sight than the finest orangery. Addison.

   She held it wholesomer by much,
   To rest a little on the couch. Matthew Prior.

   3. Preserving; salutary. Obsolete.

   The Lord helpeth his anointed, and will hear him from his holy heaven; even with the wholesome strength of his right hand. Psalm xx. 6.

   4. Kindly; pleasing. A burlesque use.

   I cannot make you a wholesome answer; my wit’s diseased. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   To wail friends lost,
   Is not by much so wholesome, profitable,
   As to rejoice at friends but newly found. William Shakespeare.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Wholesome

   tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary

2. Wholesome

   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

3. Wholesome

   sound; healthy

4. Etymology: [Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wholesome in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wholesome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of wholesome in a Sentence

1. Lord Salisbury:

   If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent if you believe the military, nothing is safe.

2. David Katz:

   If a take-away is needed it is simply that overall diet quality, and the selection of wholesome foods, matters profoundly to every aspect of health — mental and physical alike.

3. Gomez Fernandez:

   His ultimate intention was to entertain audiences in a wholesome way.

4. R. D. Hitchcock:

   Wealth is not of necessity a curse, nor poverty a blessing. Wholesome and easy abundance is better than either extreme; better for our manhood that we have enough for daily comfort; enough for culture, for hospitality, for charity. More than this may or may not be a blessing. Certainly it can be a blessing only by being accepted as a trust.

5. Richard Steele:

   Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It is wholesome and bracing for the mind to have its faculties kept on the stretch.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wholesome
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wholesome
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=wholesome
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wholesome