dietary
[ dahy-i-ter-ee ]
/ ˈdaɪ ɪˌtɛr i /
adjective
of or relating to diet: a dietary cure.
noun, plural di·e·tar·ies.
a regulated allowance of food.
Obsolete. a system or course of diet.
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Origin of dietary
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dietary
/ (ˈdaɪətərɪ, -trɪ) /
adjective
of or relating to a diet
noun plural -taries
a regulated diet
a system of dieting
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dietary
1610s, from Medieval Latin dietarius, from Latin diaetarius, from diaeta (see diet (n.1)).
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dietary
[ dī′ĭ-tĕr′ē ]
adj.
Of or relating to diet.
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