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wholesomeness|ˈhəʊlsəmnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being wholesome, in any sense.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 103 On þat wise lið ure helende on his heorte, alse on sepulcre, and swiȝeð of holsumnesse lore toȝenes him, forte þat on þen þridde dai, þat is heorte be liht. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 239 Ȝif þei loueden treuþe of god..as moche as þei louen helþe of here body & holsumnesse of here bodily mete. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vi. xxi. (Bodl. MS.), Water þat renneth..vpon cleere stones oþer grauel haþ secunde holsumnes. 1547–64Bauldwin Mor. Philos. (Palfr.) 94 b, In meats the wholsomenesse is as much to be required as the pleasantnesse. 1553T. Wilson Rhet. 16 b, The holsomnesse of the ayer in other countries. 1616Purchas Pilgrimage v. vii. (ed. 3) 588 This yeeldes not to any Indian Region, in goodlinesse and wholesomenesse. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 375 Malt liquor is not so frequently used, as its wholesomeness deserves. 1807Southey Let. to G. C. Bedford 4 Oct., The bitterness of the cup will have passed away, and you will then perceive its wholesomeness. 1857Toulmin Smith Parish 333 Not only to the repair of the roads themselves, but to..the safety, wholesomeness, and comfort of the passage along them. 1906Lit. World 15 Nov. 517/2 The general wholesomeness of Dr. Gladden's position is..beyond cavil. |