| Title | Wholesome |
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| Text | Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary whole·some \\ˈhōl-səm\\ adjective DATE 13th century
1. promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit2. promoting health of body 3. a. sound in body, mind, or morals b. having the simple health or vigor of normal domesticity 4. a. based on well-grounded fear : prudent a wholesome respect for the law b. safe it wouldn't be wholesome for you to go down there — Mark Twain Synonyms: see healthful , healthy • whole·some·ly adverb • whole·some·ness noun English Etymology wholesome c.1200, from whole (in the "healthy" sense) + -some. Originally in moral senses; physical sense first attested late 14c. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 wholesome whole·some / 5hEulsEm; NAmE 5houl- / adjective1. good for your health 有益健康的: fresh, wholesome food 有益健康的新鲜食品 2. morally good; having a good moral influence 有道德的；有良好道德影响的: It was clean wholesome fun. 这是健康有益的玩乐。 OPP unwholesome • whole·some·ness noun [U] Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged whole·some \ˈhōlsəm also -lts-\ adjective (often -er/-est) Etymology: Middle English holsom, hoolsom, from hol, hool healthy, entire, whole + -som -some 1. : promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit : tending to moral soundness or vigor : corrective or sanative in effect : beneficial , salutary < passes through the wholesome ordeal of the royal presence, and issues from it free from all taint — W.M.Thackeray > < brought these difficult situations into the wholesome light of world public opinion — Huntington Gilchrist > 2. a. : promoting health of body : health-giving : salubrious < perhaps because our sedative airs are more wholesome for those who suffer from high blood pressure — Rebecca West > b. : tending to restore health : curative , remedial < prescribe a wholesome regimen for the convalescents > 3. a. : sound in body, mind, or morals : not sickly, morbid, or diseased : healthy < the wholesome gush of natural feeling — Nathaniel Hawthorne > < she may be described as plain in appearance, but with a wholesome air — C.G.Bowers > b. : having the simple health or vigor of normal domesticity < wholesome as the smell of homemade bread just out of the oven — Pamela Taylor > < wholesome family life > 4. a. obsolete : seaworthy b. archaic : safely navigable — used of the sea 5. a. : having the value of a needed warning : based on well-grounded fear : cautionary , prudent < lived in a wholesome dread of her tempers — T.B.Costain > < had too wholesome an awareness of the logical difficulties — Benjamin Farrington > b. : safe < it wouldn't be wholesome for you to go down there — Mark Twain > Synonyms: see healthful , healthy
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