Whole"sale`, a. 1. Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or
large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to
consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price.
2. Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter. "A time for
wholesale trust." Mrs. Humphry Ward.
Whole"some (?), a. [Compar. Wholesomer (?); superl. Wholesomest.]
[Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam.]