unwholesomeadj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈhəʊls(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˌənˈhoʊlsəm/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1. Compare older Flemish onheylsaem (Kilian), Middle High German (German) unheilsam, Old Norse úheilsamr (Middle Swedish ohelsamber).

A. adj.

a. Not beneficial, salutary, or conducive to morals, etc.; detrimental or prejudicial to health of mind.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > immoral or unethical > not conducive to moral improvement

unwholesomec1175

unedifying1641

unimproving1747

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7177 & tatt iss eȝȝþerr himm & hemm. Vnnhalsumm to þe sawle.

1554 T. Sampson Let. to Trew Professors sig. Avi^v Where haue ye your ground in the scripture for this your vnholsome housell.

1657 T. Hobbes Στιγμαι 16 You..can not expect to publish any unholesome doctrine without some Antidotes from me.

1888 H. M. Stanley in Standard (1889) 6 Apr. All unwholesome and evil conjectures.

1889 Times 8 Apr. 9/1 A mischievous demagogue who has acquired an unwholesome popularity by discreditable methods.

1900 L. B. Walford One of Ourselves xiv They are keen on doing anything they shouldn't, anything improper and unwholesome.

b. Not promoting or conducive to, harmful or prejudicial to, well-being, good condition, soundness, etc.; hurtful, noxious.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adjective]

litherc893

scathefulc900

balefulOE

orneOE

teenfulOE

evilc1175

venomousc1290

scathela1300

prejudiciala1325

fell?c1335

harmfula1340

grievous1340

ill1340

wicked1340

noisomea1382

venomed1382

noyfulc1384

damageousc1386

mischievousc1390

unwholesomea1400

undisposingc1400

damnablec1420

prejudiciable1429

contagiousc1440

damagefulc1449

pestiferous1458

damageable1474

pestilent?a1475

nuisable1483

nocible1490

nuisible1490

nuisant1494

noxiousa1500

nocent?c1500

pestilential1531

tortious1532

pestilentious1533

nocive1538

offensivea1548

vitiating1547

dangerous1548

offending1552

dispendious1557

injurious1559

offensible1575

offensant1578

baneful1579

incommodious1579

prejudicious1579

prejudical1595

inimicous1598

damnifiable1604

taking1608

obnoxious1612

nocivousc1616

mischieving1621

nocuous1627

nocumentous1644

disserviceable1645

inimical1645

detrimentous1648

injuring1651

detrimental1656

inimicitial1656

nocumental1657

incommodous1677

fatal1681

inimic1696

nociferous1706

damnific1727

inimicable1805

violational1821

insalutary1836

detrimentary1841

wronging1845

unsalvatory1850

damaging1856

damnous1870

wack1986

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious

litherc893

scathefulc900

orneOE

teenfulOE

atterlichc1050

evilc1175

wicka1250

scathela1300

deringa1325

unkindc1330

harmfula1340

ill1340

wicked1340

shrewdc1380

noisomea1382

venomed1382

noyfulc1384

damageousc1386

infectivea1398

unwholesomea1400

annoying?c1400

mischievous1414

damnablec1420

contagiousc1430

mischievable?a1439

damagefulc1449

damageable1474

unhappy1474

nuisable1483

nocible1490

nuisible1490

nuisant1494

noxiousa1500

nocent?c1500

hurtful1526

sinistral1534

nocive1538

offendent1547

offensivea1548

dangerous1548

naughtya1555

dispendious1557

offensible1575

wrackful1578

baneful1579

hindersome1580

scandalizing1593

damnifiable1604

taking1608

toadish1611

illful1613

nocivousc1616

mischieving1621

nocuous1627

obnoxious1638

nocumentous1644

vicious1656

nocumental1657

abnoxious1680

dungeonable1691

offending1694

hurtsomea1699

nociferous1706

sinister1726

damnific1727

hazardous1748

slaughtering1811

damaging1856

damnous1870

lethal1942

a1400–50 Alexander 4387 Þe kind of þire customs we kepe euire-mare, Þe quilk, I hope, ser, þe to hald vnhalesom it ware.

1628 T. May tr. Virgil Georgicks i. 6 Nor is't unwholesome to subdue the Land By often exercise.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 57 I'de be loath..To free your heels by any Course That might b' unwholesom to your Spurs.

1787 G. Winter New Syst. Husbandry 84 When waters remain..on the ground which..produce rank unwholesome weeds.

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. liii. 34 And must they fall?..To swell one bloated Chief's unwholesome reign?

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 13 Perhaps farther stay were unwholesome for my safety.

2. Not favourable to or promoting good health; not salubrious, wholesome, or healthful; injurious to health:

a. Of food, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > unwholesome

unwhole?c1225

unwholesome1297

queasyc1450

contagious?a1500

naughty1535

spilled1574

naught1588

spilt1595

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 9115 He willede of an lampreye to ete, Ac is leches him vorbode vor it was vnholsom mete.

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 475 Þe mynging of þes þingis is vnholsum to man to take.

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. ix. 187 The water that gooth thorgh the leden penne Is rust corrupt, vnholsum.

c1455 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 22 To men is ȝouun þe witt of smellyng, bi which þei schulen knowe sumwhat afer what bodies ben vnholsom to be take vnto her nurischyng.

1482 W. Caxton Higden's Polychron. iii. xxxi. 152 b That vnholsomme mete that he hadde eten at soper.

1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. E ij b Salte meate..is vnholsome for sicke folkes.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 146^v A grosse vnholsome kinde of milke.

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xv. 193 Hauing your..reputation abased, while you sit taking your vnwholesome healthes.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 473 Their flesh they found to be unwholsom for food.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 65 Its water is unwholsom to drink.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 305 Fever..originating from unwholesome food.

1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. I. viii. 212 Sick at heart, and enfeebled by toil and unwholesome diet.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 233 Leprosies, such as strange and unwholesome diet engenders.

in extended use.1855 D. T. Ansted in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 202 The water cannot be in any other than an unwholesome state, and unfit for general use.

b. Of places, conditions, etc.

ΘΚΠ

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

c1455 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 22 Þe witt of smellyng, bi which þei schulen knowe..what bodies ben vnholsom if with hem þei maken her nyȝ dwellyng.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Q.j^v For meate corrupteth in an vnholsome potte.

1579 T. Stevens Let. 10 Nov. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 160 Raine so vnwholesome, that if the water stand a little while, all is full of wormes.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 486 Alexandria is very vnholesome, as the graue of that Alexandria we before mentioned.

1653 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1904) I. 551 Unwholesome smells..and most noysome stinks.

1718 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 11 Apr. in Wks. (1955) VII. 331 Without the town a small river seem'd to render it marshy & unwholesome.

1779 Mirror No. 41. ⁋5 The vicinity of..the lake..she was sure must be extremely unwholesome.

1847 G. Harris Life Ld. Hardwicke I. 207 The walls were not dry, but very damp and unwholesome.

1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. ii. 3 As the waves of an unwholesome sea might do.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 707 Unwholesome ship,..a sugar ship diverted from her former trade, and not properly cleansed.

c. Of climate, air, etc.

ΚΠ

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. vi. f. 29 The great heate and vnholsome ayer.

1592 N. Breton Pilgrimage to Paradise in Wks. (1879) I. 14/1 Shee bit her taile, with such vnholsome breath, As..stung her selfe to death.

1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 267 It shews..unwholsom infectious Mists.

c1690 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 139 The air is most unwholesome, and agrees very ill with him.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 64 Any very deep Valley reaking with unwholsome Steams.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 750 The atmosphere is very hot, moist and unwholesome.

1825 W. Scott Talisman vi, in Tales Crusaders III. 135 The alternations of the unwholesome climate.

1859 W. S. Landor Hellenics 26 Why should we stand beneath This hollow tree's unwholesome breath?

a. Of persons: Not sound in respect of morals, character, etc.; morally tainted or corrupted.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective]

sickc960

foulOE

unwholec1000

thewlessa1327

corrupt1340

viciousc1340

unwholesomec1374

infecta1387

rustyc1390

unsound?a1400

rottenc1400

rotten-heartedc1405

cankereda1450

infectedc1449

wasted1483

depravate?1520

poisoned1529

deformed1555

poisonous1555

reprobate1557

corrupted1563

prave1564

base-minded1573

tainted1577

Gomorrhean1581

vice-like1589

depraved1593

debauched1598

deboshedc1598

tarish1601

sunk1602

speckled1603

deboist1604

diseased1608

ulcerous1611

vitial1614

debauchc1616

deboise1632

pravous1653

depravea1711

unhealthy1821

scrofulous1842

septic1914

society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > corrupted or corrupt

foul-stinkingOE

unwholesomec1374

corruptc1380

rotten1395

infecta1398

unsound?a1400

rotten-heartedc1405

infectedc1449

fly-blown1528

reprobate1531

corrupped1533

corrupted1563

poisoned1567

abusive?1585

debauched1598

deboshedc1598

deboist1604

debauchc1616

deboise1632

scrofulous1842

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 330 O olde, vnholsom and mysbyleued man.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 80 The people muddied Thick and vnwholsome in thoughts, and whispers.

b. Not sound in health; diseased, infirm, sick.

ΘΚΠ

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

1655 F. Osborne Advice to Son i. 33 Fly, with Joseph, the Embraces of great Ladyes; lest you..see your leggs rot in the stocks of the Physitian: they being often unwholsome.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 409 Children born healthy, often contract the Disease from an unwholsome Nurse.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxi. 555 An unwholesome little Miss of seven years of age.

in extended use.1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. i. 6 Large and stout..with a dingy and unwholesome skin.1889 M. Oliphant Poor Gentleman xliv Those white, unwholesome, greasy hands.in combination.1858 Househ. Words XVIII. 519/2 A middling-sized man, with a sharp, unwholesome-looking face.

†c. Nautical. (See quot.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > easily managed > not

unwholesome1627

unnavigable1755

unworkable1853

unguidable1896

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xi. 52 If she draw little water and be long, she may try and ride well, but neuer hull well, which is called an vnwholsome ship.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 707. ]

†4. Scottish. Ugly; repulsive. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [adjective]

foulOE

uglyc1386

malgraciousa1393

unsightlya1400

loathc1400

ouglec1415

shrewdc1430

unsightyc1440

unwholesome?a1500

evil-favoured1530

ill-favoured1530

uglisome1530

huggeda1533

hard-favoureda1535

evil-liking1535

ill-favorited1579

stigmatical1589

stigmatic1597

sightlessa1616

hard-featured1638

grislya1681

bad-looking1757

unmackly1765

unfavourable1776

dissightly1777

eyesore1798

wavelled1886

spiderly1891

Plain Jane1912

hackit1985

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Paddock & Mouse l. 2840 in Poems (1981) 105 Thocht I vnhailsum be to luke vpon.

5. Impaired; defective. rare.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 119 I prethee beare some charity to my wit, Doe not thinke it so vnwholesome .

B. n.

An unwholesome thing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [noun] > thing

jakes1536

unwholesome1858

1858 Brit. Q. Rev. 56 358 We find him [Lilly]..leaving..Neve and Wodehouse to provide, as usual, tables of the wholesomes and unwholesomes.

Derivatives

unˈwholesomely adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > insalubrity > [adverb]

uncleanlyc1438

unwholesomelyc1455

pestilentially1643

unhealthily1644

deleteriously1657

unhealthfully1677

unphysically1751

unhygienically1861

c1455 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 51 It is science to knowe..what metis..wole nurische vs vnholsomli.

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1713/2 Madam, you were best to come out of the raine. For you sit vnwholesomlye.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer viii. 199 Thy Children oft unwholsomly are fed.

1859 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing i. 10 The air..unwholesomely close and foul.

1875 A. Helps Social Pressure xiii. 174 The eyes of an unwholesomely curious world.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unwholesome
释义	unwholesomeadj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈhəʊls(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌənˈhoʊlsəm/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1. Compare older Flemish onheylsaem (Kilian), Middle High German (German) unheilsam, Old Norse úheilsamr (Middle Swedish ohelsamber). A. adj. 1. a. Not beneficial, salutary, or conducive to morals, etc.; detrimental or prejudicial to health of mind. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > immoral or unethical > not conducive to moral improvement unwholesomec1175 unedifying1641 unimproving1747 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7177 & tatt iss eȝȝþerr himm & hemm. Vnnhalsumm to þe sawle. 1554 T. Sampson Let. to Trew Professors sig. Avi^v Where haue ye your ground in the scripture for this your vnholsome housell. 1657 T. Hobbes Στιγμαι 16 You..can not expect to publish any unholesome doctrine without some Antidotes from me. 1888 H. M. Stanley in Standard (1889) 6 Apr. All unwholesome and evil conjectures. 1889 Times 8 Apr. 9/1 A mischievous demagogue who has acquired an unwholesome popularity by discreditable methods. 1900 L. B. Walford One of Ourselves xiv They are keen on doing anything they shouldn't, anything improper and unwholesome. b. Not promoting or conducive to, harmful or prejudicial to, well-being, good condition, soundness, etc.; hurtful, noxious. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adjective] litherc893 scathefulc900 balefulOE orneOE teenfulOE evilc1175 venomousc1290 scathela1300 prejudiciala1325 fell?c1335 harmfula1340 grievous1340 ill1340 wicked1340 noisomea1382 venomed1382 noyfulc1384 damageousc1386 mischievousc1390 unwholesomea1400 undisposingc1400 damnablec1420 prejudiciable1429 contagiousc1440 damagefulc1449 pestiferous1458 damageable1474 pestilent?a1475 nuisable1483 nocible1490 nuisible1490 nuisant1494 noxiousa1500 nocent?c1500 pestilential1531 tortious1532 pestilentious1533 nocive1538 offensivea1548 vitiating1547 dangerous1548 offending1552 dispendious1557 injurious1559 offensible1575 offensant1578 baneful1579 incommodious1579 prejudicious1579 prejudical1595 inimicous1598 damnifiable1604 taking1608 obnoxious1612 nocivousc1616 mischieving1621 nocuous1627 nocumentous1644 disserviceable1645 inimical1645 detrimentous1648 injuring1651 detrimental1656 inimicitial1656 nocumental1657 incommodous1677 fatal1681 inimic1696 nociferous1706 damnific1727 inimicable1805 violational1821 insalutary1836 detrimentary1841 wronging1845 unsalvatory1850 damaging1856 damnous1870 wack1986 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious litherc893 scathefulc900 orneOE teenfulOE atterlichc1050 evilc1175 wicka1250 scathela1300 deringa1325 unkindc1330 harmfula1340 ill1340 wicked1340 shrewdc1380 noisomea1382 venomed1382 noyfulc1384 damageousc1386 infectivea1398 unwholesomea1400 annoying?c1400 mischievous1414 damnablec1420 contagiousc1430 mischievable?a1439 damagefulc1449 damageable1474 unhappy1474 nuisable1483 nocible1490 nuisible1490 nuisant1494 noxiousa1500 nocent?c1500 hurtful1526 sinistral1534 nocive1538 offendent1547 offensivea1548 dangerous1548 naughtya1555 dispendious1557 offensible1575 wrackful1578 baneful1579 hindersome1580 scandalizing1593 damnifiable1604 taking1608 toadish1611 illful1613 nocivousc1616 mischieving1621 nocuous1627 obnoxious1638 nocumentous1644 vicious1656 nocumental1657 abnoxious1680 dungeonable1691 offending1694 hurtsomea1699 nociferous1706 sinister1726 damnific1727 hazardous1748 slaughtering1811 damaging1856 damnous1870 lethal1942 a1400–50 Alexander 4387 Þe kind of þire customs we kepe euire-mare, Þe quilk, I hope, ser, þe to hald vnhalesom it ware. 1628 T. May tr. Virgil Georgicks i. 6 Nor is't unwholesome to subdue the Land By often exercise. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 57 I'de be loath..To free your heels by any Course That might b' unwholesom to your Spurs. 1787 G. Winter New Syst. Husbandry 84 When waters remain..on the ground which..produce rank unwholesome weeds. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. liii. 34 And must they fall?..To swell one bloated Chief's unwholesome reign? 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 13 Perhaps farther stay were unwholesome for my safety. 2. Not favourable to or promoting good health; not salubrious, wholesome, or healthful; injurious to health: a. Of food, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > unwholesome unwhole?c1225 unwholesome1297 queasyc1450 contagious?a1500 naughty1535 spilled1574 naught1588 spilt1595 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 9115 He willede of an lampreye to ete, Ac is leches him vorbode vor it was vnholsom mete. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 475 Þe mynging of þes þingis is vnholsum to man to take. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. ix. 187 The water that gooth thorgh the leden penne Is rust corrupt, vnholsum. c1455 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 22 To men is ȝouun þe witt of smellyng, bi which þei schulen knowe sumwhat afer what bodies ben vnholsom to be take vnto her nurischyng. 1482 W. Caxton Higden's Polychron. iii. xxxi. 152 b That vnholsomme mete that he hadde eten at soper. 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. E ij b Salte meate..is vnholsome for sicke folkes. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 146^v A grosse vnholsome kinde of milke. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xv. 193 Hauing your..reputation abased, while you sit taking your vnwholesome healthes. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 473 Their flesh they found to be unwholsom for food. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 65 Its water is unwholsom to drink. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 305 Fever..originating from unwholesome food. 1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. I. viii. 212 Sick at heart, and enfeebled by toil and unwholesome diet. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 233 Leprosies, such as strange and unwholesome diet engenders. in extended use.1855 D. T. Ansted in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 202 The water cannot be in any other than an unwholesome state, and unfit for general use. b. Of places, conditions, etc. ΘΚΠ 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 c1455 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 22 Þe witt of smellyng, bi which þei schulen knowe..what bodies ben vnholsom if with hem þei maken her nyȝ dwellyng. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Q.j^v For meate corrupteth in an vnholsome potte. 1579 T. Stevens Let. 10 Nov. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 160 Raine so vnwholesome, that if the water stand a little while, all is full of wormes. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 486 Alexandria is very vnholesome, as the graue of that Alexandria we before mentioned. 1653 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1904) I. 551 Unwholesome smells..and most noysome stinks. 1718 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 11 Apr. in Wks. (1955) VII. 331 Without the town a small river seem'd to render it marshy & unwholesome. 1779 Mirror No. 41. ⁋5 The vicinity of..the lake..she was sure must be extremely unwholesome. 1847 G. Harris Life Ld. Hardwicke I. 207 The walls were not dry, but very damp and unwholesome. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. ii. 3 As the waves of an unwholesome sea might do. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 707 Unwholesome ship,..a sugar ship diverted from her former trade, and not properly cleansed. c. Of climate, air, etc. ΚΠ 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. vi. f. 29 The great heate and vnholsome ayer. 1592 N. Breton Pilgrimage to Paradise in Wks. (1879) I. 14/1 Shee bit her taile, with such vnholsome breath, As..stung her selfe to death. 1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 267 It shews..unwholsom infectious Mists. c1690 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 139 The air is most unwholesome, and agrees very ill with him. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 64 Any very deep Valley reaking with unwholsome Steams. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 750 The atmosphere is very hot, moist and unwholesome. 1825 W. Scott Talisman vi, in Tales Crusaders III. 135 The alternations of the unwholesome climate. 1859 W. S. Landor Hellenics 26 Why should we stand beneath This hollow tree's unwholesome breath? 3. a. Of persons: Not sound in respect of morals, character, etc.; morally tainted or corrupted. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective] sickc960 foulOE unwholec1000 thewlessa1327 corrupt1340 viciousc1340 unwholesomec1374 infecta1387 rustyc1390 unsound?a1400 rottenc1400 rotten-heartedc1405 cankereda1450 infectedc1449 wasted1483 depravate?1520 poisoned1529 deformed1555 poisonous1555 reprobate1557 corrupted1563 prave1564 base-minded1573 tainted1577 Gomorrhean1581 vice-like1589 depraved1593 debauched1598 deboshedc1598 tarish1601 sunk1602 speckled1603 deboist1604 diseased1608 ulcerous1611 vitial1614 debauchc1616 deboise1632 pravous1653 depravea1711 unhealthy1821 scrofulous1842 septic1914 society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > corrupted or corrupt foul-stinkingOE unwholesomec1374 corruptc1380 rotten1395 infecta1398 unsound?a1400 rotten-heartedc1405 infectedc1449 fly-blown1528 reprobate1531 corrupped1533 corrupted1563 poisoned1567 abusive?1585 debauched1598 deboshedc1598 deboist1604 debauchc1616 deboise1632 scrofulous1842 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 330 O olde, vnholsom and mysbyleued man. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 80 The people muddied Thick and vnwholsome in thoughts, and whispers. View more context for this quotation b. Not sound in health; diseased, infirm, sick. ΘΚΠ 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 1655 F. Osborne Advice to Son i. 33 Fly, with Joseph, the Embraces of great Ladyes; lest you..see your leggs rot in the stocks of the Physitian: they being often unwholsome. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 409 Children born healthy, often contract the Disease from an unwholsome Nurse. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxi. 555 An unwholesome little Miss of seven years of age. in extended use.1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. i. 6 Large and stout..with a dingy and unwholesome skin.1889 M. Oliphant Poor Gentleman xliv Those white, unwholesome, greasy hands.in combination.1858 Househ. Words XVIII. 519/2 A middling-sized man, with a sharp, unwholesome-looking face. †c. Nautical. (See quot.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > easily managed > not unwholesome1627 unnavigable1755 unworkable1853 unguidable1896 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xi. 52 If she draw little water and be long, she may try and ride well, but neuer hull well, which is called an vnwholsome ship. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 707. ] †4. Scottish. Ugly; repulsive. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [adjective] foulOE uglyc1386 malgraciousa1393 unsightlya1400 loathc1400 ouglec1415 shrewdc1430 unsightyc1440 unwholesome?a1500 evil-favoured1530 ill-favoured1530 uglisome1530 huggeda1533 hard-favoureda1535 evil-liking1535 ill-favorited1579 stigmatical1589 stigmatic1597 sightlessa1616 hard-featured1638 grislya1681 bad-looking1757 unmackly1765 unfavourable1776 dissightly1777 eyesore1798 wavelled1886 spiderly1891 Plain Jane1912 hackit1985 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Paddock & Mouse l. 2840 in Poems (1981) 105 Thocht I vnhailsum be to luke vpon. 5. Impaired; defective. rare. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 119 I prethee beare some charity to my wit, Doe not thinke it so vnwholesome . View more context for this quotation B. n. An unwholesome thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [noun] > thing jakes1536 unwholesome1858 1858 Brit. Q. Rev. 56 358 We find him [Lilly]..leaving..Neve and Wodehouse to provide, as usual, tables of the wholesomes and unwholesomes. Derivatives unˈwholesomely adv. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > insalubrity > [adverb] uncleanlyc1438 unwholesomelyc1455 pestilentially1643 unhealthily1644 deleteriously1657 unhealthfully1677 unphysically1751 unhygienically1861 c1455 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 51 It is science to knowe..what metis..wole nurische vs vnholsomli. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1713/2 Madam, you were best to come out of the raine. For you sit vnwholesomlye. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer viii. 199 Thy Children oft unwholsomly are fed. 1859 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing i. 10 The air..unwholesomely close and foul. 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure xiii. 174 The eyes of an unwholesomely curious world. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.c1175
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