unhealthsomeadj.
Now rare.
The spelling with -same in quots. 1599 at sense 1 and 15981, 15982 at sense 2 is due to the Dutch origin of the translations (after Dutch -saem).
1. Unwholesome.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > insalubrity > [adjective]
evilc1000
unsete1387
pestilenta1398
pestilentiala1398
unhealfulc1400
unthendec1425
unsetyc1440
unwholesomec1455
ill1488
pestifere1490
contagious1495
infectious1534
pestiferous1538
unhealthsome1544
unkindlyc1570
deletery1576
deleterious1587
bad1589
unhealthful1598
unsound1598
unhealthy1600
sickly1604
deleterial1621
tetrous1637
insalubrious1638
unseasoned1638
cankered1645
healthless1650
insalutary1694
maliferous1727
insanous1742
unsalubrious1781
unsanitary1872
insanitary1874
devitalizing1875
antihygienic1876
unhygienic1883
unhealthy-looking1890
1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre ii. xxxviii. sig. K vij To make the water noysome and vnhealthsome to thyne enemies.
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 378/1 Experience also hath taught the same to defende any man from vn~healthsame ayre.
1621 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Morall Fables (Hart) 50 Unhealthsome [?a1500 vnhailsum] meat is of ane sairie Mouse.
a1860 J. Younger Autobiogr. (1881) 130 No corn in these years was substantial; all meal black ‘mattened’ and unhealthsome.
2. Unhealthy.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased
untrumc825
sickc888
unwholec888
slackc897
unstronga900
sicklea1000
sam-halea1023
worseOE
attaint1303
languishinga1325
heallessc1374
sicklyc1374
sicklewa1387
bada1393
mishalea1400
languoring?c1425
distempered1440
unwell?c1450
detent?a1475
poora1475
languorousc1475
maladif1481
illa1500
maladiousc1500
wanthriven1508
attainted1509
unsound1513
acrazed1521
cracked1527
unsoundya1529
visited1537
infirmed1552
crazed1555
healthless1568
ill-liking1572
afflicted1574
crazy1576
unhealthful1580
sickish1581
valetudinary1581
not well1587
fainty1590
ill-disposed1596
unhealthsome1598
tainted1600
ill-affected1604
peaking1611
unhealthy1611
infirmited1616
disaffected1626
physical1633
illish1637
pimping1640
invalid1642
misaffected1645
valetudinarious1648
unhale1653
badly1654
unwholesome1655
valetudinous1655
morbulent1656
off the hooksa1658
mawkish1668
morbid1668
unthriven1680
unsane1690
ailing1716
not wellish1737
underlya1742
poorly1750
indifferent1753
comical1755
maladized1790
sober1808
sickened1815
broken-down1816
peaky1821
poorlyish1827
souffrante1827
run-down1831
sicklied1835
addle1844
shaky1844
mean1845
dauncy1846
stricken1846
peakyish1853
po'ly1860
pindling1861
rough1882
rocky1883
suffering1885
wabbit1895
icky-boo1920
like death warmed up1924
icky1938
ropy1945
crappy1956
hanging1971
sick as a parrot1982
shite1987
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 52/1 Those which..have binn badlye nourished, we call vnhealthsame poeple.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 23/1 In aged persons, and in those which are vnhealthsame of bodye.
Derivatives
unˈhealthsomeness n. ? Obsolete
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the world > health and disease > ill health > insalubrity > [noun]
infirmity1481
unwholesomenessa1513
contagiousness1530
evilness1563
malignity1585
unhealthfulness1598
untemperaturea1604
unhealthsomeness1613
healthlessness1655
unsoundness1660
insalubrity1663
unhealthiness1666
unsalubrity1694
malignancy1732
pestilentiousness1748
mal-influence1792
insanitariness1881
insanitation1884
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 688 The aire is vnhole~some. But what vnhealthsomenesse can there be found, where God is found?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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