Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

healthsome

/ˈhɛlθsəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: health-some
IPA: /ˈhɛlθsəm/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Conducive to good health.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"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.’"

Etymology

From health + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: health

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more healthsome (comparative) most healthsome (superlative)

Derived Forms

healthsomeness unhealthsome

Synonyms

salubrious wholesome

Questions

How do you pronounce healthsome?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɛlθsəm/.
What does healthsome mean?: Conducive to good health.
Where does healthsome come from?: From health + -some.

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