From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wholesome \Whole"some\, adjective [Compar. {Wholesomer}; superl. {Wholesomest}.] [Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam.]
1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary.
Wholesome thirst and appetite. --Milton.
From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. --A Smith.
2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. --Prov. xv. 4.
I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased. --Shak.
A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. --Sir W. Scott.
3. Sound; healthy. [Obs.] --Shak. -- {Whole"some*ly}, adverb -- {Whole"some*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you [ant: {unwholesomeness}]
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