Synonyms

dietary

American

[dahy-i-ter-ee] / ˈdaɪ ɪˌtɛr i /

adjective

of or relating to diet.

a dietary cure.

noun

a regulated allowance of food.
Obsolete. a system or course of diet.

dietary British

/ ˈdaɪətərɪ, -trɪ /

adjective

of or relating to a diet

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noun

a regulated diet
a system of dieting

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noun

dietaries

plural

Etymology

Origin of dietary

1400–50; late Middle English dietarie system of diet. See diet ¹, -ary

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