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View synonyms for fruitarian

fruitarian

[ froo-tair-ee-uhn ]

noun

  1. a person whose diet consists chiefly of fruit.


fruitarian

/ fruːˈtɛərɪən /

noun

  1. a person who eats only fruit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to a fruitarian

    a fruitarian diet

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • fruiˈtarianˌism, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fruitarian1

1890–95; fruit + -arian, on the model of vegetarian
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Example Sentences

Kutcher adopted a fruitarian diet while preparing for his role as the late Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs in the 2013 film "Jobs."

But a case could be made that it was the fruitarian diet that killed him: metabolically, a diet of fruit is equivalent to a diet of candy, only with fructose instead of glucose, with the effect that the pancreas is strained to constantly produce more insulin.

Jobs was a vegan for most of his adult life, dabbled with the even more restrictive fruitarian diet* and would spend weeks at a time eating only one or two foods, such as apples or carrots.

I also tried being a fruitarian—all fruits, nothing else—for a while but got so skinny and weak I had to quit that.

The same guy who turned me on to being a fruitarian, claims to know breatharians.

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