health
Roget category 654
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends
#654.
Health
noun
health,
sanity —
soundness
etc.
adj. —
vigor —
good health,
perfect health,
excellent health,
rude health,
robust health —
bloom.
mens sana in corpore sano [Lat.] —
Hygeia† —
incorruption,
incorruptibility —
good state of health,
clean bill of health —
eupepsia† —
euphoria,
euphory† —
St.
Anthony's fire†.
verb
be in health
etc.
adj..
bloom,
flourish.
keep body and soul together,
keep on one's legs —
enjoy good health,
enjoy a good state of health —
have a clean bill of health.
return to health —
recover
etc.
660 —
get better
etc.
(improve)
658 —
take a new lease of life,
fresh lease of life —
recruit —
restore to health —
cure
etc.
(restore)
660 —
tinker.
adjective
healthy,
healthful —
in health
etc.
n. —
well,
sound,
hearty,
hale,
fresh,
green,
whole —
florid,
flush,
hardy,
stanch,
staunch,
brave,
robust,
vigorous,
weatherproof.
unscathed,
uninjured,
unmaimed†,
unmarred,
untainted —
sound of wind and limb,
safe and sound.
on one's legs —
sound as a roach,
sound as a bell —
fresh as a daisy,
fresh as a rose,
fresh as April† —
hearty as a buck —
in fine feather,
in high feather —
in good case,
in full bloom —
pretty bobbish†,
tolerably well,
as well as can be expected.
sanitary
etc.
(health-giving)
656 —
sanatory
etc.
(remedial)
662†.
phrase
health that snuffs the morning air"
[Grainger];
non est vivere sed valere vita [Lat.]
[Martial].
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