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healthsome

Syllables: health·some/ˈhɛlθsəm/

healthsome adjective: conducive to good health.

Adjective

healthsome (comparative more healthsome, superlative most healthsome)

  1. (archaic) Conducive to good health.
    • The health of thyne Armye is mayntayned by exercyse, by healthsome countrie and swete ayers: but chefelye where is plentye and abundaunce of vytayles.1544, Peter Betham (translator), The Preceptes of Warre by Jacopo di Porcia, London, Book 1, Section 192 “To kepe thyne armye healthfull,”
    • Shall I not, then, be stifled in the vault,
      To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in,c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Examples of healthsome in a sentence

  • A breeze from the north-west chased the blood to healthsome leaping, and caught the breath like an unexpected kiss.1886, George Gissing, chapter 2, in Demos, volume 2, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 54:
  • ‘It is not healthsome always to be eating meaty things.’1982, Roald Dahl, “The Bloodbottler”, in The BFG, Puffin, published 2013:

Synonyms of healthsome

Forms of healthsome

comparativemore healthsome
superlativemost healthsome

Origin of healthsome

From health + -some.

Words formed from healthsome

Questions about healthsome

What does healthsome mean?
Healthsome means conducive to good health.
How do you use healthsome in a sentence?
A breeze from the north-west chased the blood to healthsome leaping, and caught the breath like an unexpected kiss.
What part of speech is healthsome?
Healthsome is an adjective.
How do you pronounce healthsome?
Healthsome is pronounced /ˈhɛlθsəm/.

Words near healthsome in the dictionary

  1. healthmaxxers
  2. healthmaxxing
  3. healths
  4. healthscape
  5. healthscapes
  6. healthsome
  7. healthsomeness
  8. healthspan
  9. healthspans
  10. healthward
  11. healthwash

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