unwholesome
English
Etymology
From Middle English unholsom. Equivalent to un- + wholesome.
Adjective
unwholesome (comparative more unwholesome, superlative most unwholesome)
- Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful.
- unwholesome air, or food
- 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii], page 4:
- Not sound; tainted; defective.
- Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.
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References
- unwholesome in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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