1 entry 1 source
Healthful
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.
2. Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet. The healthful Spirit of thy grace. Book of Common Prayer.
3. Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition. A mind . . . healthful and so well-proportioned. Macaulay.
4. Well-disposed; favorable. [R.] Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked guests. Shak.