单词 | wholesomeness |
释义 | wholesomenessn. The quality or condition of being wholesome (in various senses). ΘΚΠ 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 the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > advantageous or beneficial quality > conducive to mental or moral well-being wholesomenessa1200 halesomeness1483 salubrityc1643 salutariness1727 a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 103 On þat wise lið ure helende on his heorte, alse on sepulcre, and swigeð of holsumnesse lore togenes him, forte þat on þen þridde dai, þat is heorte be liht. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vi. xxi. 326 Watir þat renneþ..vpon clere stones oþir grauel haþ þe seconde degre in holsomnes. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 239 Ȝif þei loueden treuþe of god..as moche as þei louen helþe of here body & holsumnesse of here bodily mete. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 4739 (MED) Auarice..rather wil lyue in abstinence Of mete and drynke, for hertes scantnesse, Than for þe soule or bodyes holsumnesse. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique f. 16v The holsomnesse of the ayer in other countries. 1581 T. G. in tr. P. Boquin Def. Christianitie against Secte of Iesuites xi. 105 Where is first, to vse the Apostles worde, soundnesse and wholsomenes of doctrine? 1616 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 3) v. vii. 588 This yeeldes not to any Indian Region, in goodlinesse and wholesomenesse. 1697 K. Chetwood Life Virgil in J. Dryden tr. Virgil Wks. sig. *2v The wholesomness of the Air..contributed..to the re-establishing of his Health. 1766 M. Townshend in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 52 If you could persuade them of the wholesomeness of soup maigre and barley bread, it might be of great use to them. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 375 Malt liquor is not so frequently used, as its wholesomeness deserves. 1807 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 19 The bitterness of the cup will have passed away, and you will then perceive its wholesomeness. 1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 333 Not only to the repair of the roads themselves, but to..the safety, wholesomeness, and comfort of the passage along them. 1906 Lit. World 15 Nov. 517/2 The general wholesomeness of Dr. Gladden's position is..beyond cavil. 1989 New Scientist 1 July 40/2 Food irradiation is safe and has no serious harmful effects on the taste or wholesomeness of many foods. 2002 I. Knight Don't you want Me? xiv. 193 She is looking extraordinarily pretty,..all fresh-faced, blonde wholesomeness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1200 |
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