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health
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English helþe, from Old English h?lþ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, hale”). Cognate with Old High German heilida. Analyzable as whole +? -th, hale +? -th, or heal +? -th. More at heal.
Alternative forms
- helth, helthe, healthe (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?lth, IPA(key): /h?l?/, [h?l??]
- Rhymes: -?l?
Noun
health (usually uncountable, plural healths)
- The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness. [from 11th c.]
- A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
- Physical condition.
- in shape, in forme.
- (obsolete) Cure, remedy. [16th c. (Middle English: 11th-15th c.)]
- (countable) A toast to prosperity. [from 17th c.]
- (video games) The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed.
Derived terms
Related terms
- heal
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English heleð (“man, hero, fighter”), from Old English hæleþ (“man, hero, fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, hero”). Cognate with West Frisian held (“hero”), Dutch held (“hero”), German Held (“hero”), Danish helt (“hero”), Swedish hjälte (“hero”), Norwegian hold (“hero”).
Alternative forms
- heleth
Noun
health (plural healths)
- (obsolete) A warrior; hero; man.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion
- They, under false pretence of amity and cheer, the British peers invite, the German healths to view.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion
References
- health in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- health in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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healful
English
Etymology
From Middle English heeleful, heleful, equivalent to heal (“health, well-being”) +? -ful. Compare healless.
Adjective
healful (comparative more healful, superlative most healful)
- Tending or serving to heal; health-promoting; healing.
- healful remedies
- 2008, Bernardo N. De Luca, Mind-Body and Relaxation Research Focus
- As for psychogenic death, this will be the case when three supplementary, in this case, healful conditions are fulfilled: […]
- Full of health or safety; healthy; whole; sound; safe.
- 1913, Samuel Gompers, John McBride, William Green, The American federationist
- The public conscience demands that they work under healful conditions, with ample light, without overspceding, and with the same provisions for their safety at their work that the employer would desire for himself were he so employed.
- 1957, Ray C. Petry, Late medieval mysticism
- And, therefore, what is more healful than the sweetness of this sight, or what softer thing may be felt?
- 1913, Samuel Gompers, John McBride, William Green, The American federationist
- Affording health or salvation.
- 1844, John Foxe, George Townsend, The acts and monuments of John Foxe
- […] since Christ will not fail to minister, himself, all lawful and healful sacraments, and necessary at all time, and especially at the end, […]
- 1844, John Foxe, George Townsend, The acts and monuments of John Foxe
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