Meaning of healthsome | Babel Free

Definitions

Conducive to good health.

archaic

Examples

“1544, Peter Betham (translator), The Preceptes of Warre by Jacopo di Porcia, London, Book 1, Section 192 “To kepe thyne armye healthfull,” The health of thyne Armye is mayntayned by exercyse, by healthsome countrie and swete ayers: but chefelye where is plentye and abundaunce of vytayles.”

“Shall I not, then, be stifled in the vault, To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in,”

“A breeze from the north-west chased the blood to healthsome leaping, and caught the breath like an unexpected kiss.”

“And the generative powers of the world are healthsome, And there is no poison of destruction in them: Nor hath Hades royal dominion upon earth,”

“‘It is not healthsome always to be eating meaty things.’”

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