healthsomeadj.
/ˈhɛlθsəm/ Now rare.† 1. Full of health; possessing good health; healthy. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy
wholeeOE
isoundOE
i-sundfulc1000
ferec1175
soundc1175
fish-wholea1225
forthlyc1230
steadfasta1300
wella1300
safec1300
tidya1325
halec1330
quartc1330
well-faringc1330
well-tempered1340
well-disposeda1398
wealyc1400
furnished1473
mighty?a1475
quartful?c1475
good1527
wholesomea1533
crank1548
healthful1550
healthy1552
hearty1552
healthsome1563
well-affected?1563
disposed1575
as sound as a bell1576
firm1577
well-conditioned1580
sound1605
unvaletudinary1650
all right1652
valid1652
as sound as a (alsoany) roach1655
fair-like1663
hoddy1664
wanton1674
stout?1697
trig1704
well-hained1722
sprack1747
caller1754
sane1755
finely1763
bobbish1780
cleverly1784
right1787
smart1788
fine1791
eucratic1795
nobbling1825
as right as a trivet1835
first rate1841
in fine, good, high, etc., feather1844
gay1855
sprackish1882
game ball1905
abled1946
well-toned1952
a hundred per cent1960
oke1960
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Sacrament i, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 444 A stomach..which is healthsome and sound.
1635 Ld. Carew in Lismore Papers (1888) 2nd Ser. III. 225 Some say he is ye healthsomer for it [sickness].
2. Bestowing health (bodily, mental, or spiritual); wholesome; salutary.
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the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > conducive to health
goodOE
healfulc1340
hailsome1372
haila1393
wholesomea1398
halesomea1400
wholefulc1443
salutairec1450
soundc1460
healsomec1475
healthful1495
saluberrime1509
laudable?1518
sanative1548
healthy1552
healthsomea1563
salutiferous1604
non-natural1621
salutary1649
sanitiferous1657
saniferousa1706
constitutional1750
sanitary1853
healthward1884
the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective] > wholesome
goodOE
wholeOE
wholesomec1175
whole?c1225
hailsome1372
healthfulc1384
haila1393
halea1400
salutairec1450
salutary1490
wholesome1549
salutiferec1550
salutiferous?c1550
healthy1552
healthsomea1563
salubrious1659
apple pie1960
a1563 J. Bale Brefe Comedy Iohan Baptystes in Harleian Misc. (1744) I. 105 Thys helthsome counsell maketh my hart joyfull and glad.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 11v And helthsome ayre inuest thee.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 63 That healthsome light of Iesus Christ shone..upon the Britans.
1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 45 A stream of hot water, which..becomes cool and healthsome.
1891 H. C. Halliday Someone must Suffer II. xiii. 240 The healthsome joys of the covered-cart.
Derivatives
ˈhealthsomely adv.
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the world > health and disease > [adverb] > healthily > in good health > in a manner conducive to health
wholefullya1398
healthfully1495
salutarily1531
wholesomely1546
healthsomely1579
salutiferously1678
salubriously1790
for one's health1887
1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 498 He did helthsomly or profitably consecrate his bodie and bloud.
ˈhealthsomeness n.
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the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > state of being conducive to
wholesomenessa1200
salubrity?a1475
halesomeness1483
healthfulness?1535
healthsomeness1548
sanity1613
sanitude1652
healthiness1670
salubriousness1677
salutariness1727
1548 Princess Elizabeth & J. Bale tr. Queen Margaret of Angoulême Godly Medytacyon Christen Sowle f. 23 Welsprynge of all helthesomnesse.
1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia viii. f. 271 He..made so many iorneyes..for chaunge of the places for healthsomnesse.
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