fruitarian

[ froo-tair-ee-uh n ]

/ fruˈtɛər i ən /

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noun

a person whose diet consists chiefly of fruit.

Nearby words

fruit ranch, fruit salad, fruit sugar, fruit tree, fruitage, fruitarian, fruitcake, fruitcover, fruitdot, fruited, fruiter

Origin of fruitarian

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

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Examples from the Web for fruitarian

If you are not getting on, obtain advice from a Doctor who is a fruitarian or from an experienced Food-reformer.
A Comprehensive Guide-Book to Natural, Hygienic and Humane Diet|Sydney H. Beard
Then this partial vegetarian diet can be still further purified, until it is more entirely "fruitarian" in its nature.
A Comprehensive Guide-Book to Natural, Hygienic and Humane Diet|Sydney H. Beard
Fruitarian foods such as the above are more nourishing than butcher's meat.
A Comprehensive Guide-Book to Natural, Hygienic and Humane Diet|Sydney H. Beard
The Simple Breakfast.In most fruitarian households the cooking for breakfast soon becomes simplified and lessened.
A Comprehensive Guide-Book to Natural, Hygienic and Humane Diet|Sydney H. Beard

The Goopes were the oddest little couple conceivable, following a fruitarian career upon an upper floor in Theobald's Road.
Ann Veronica|H. G. Wells

British Dictionary definitions for fruitarian

fruitarian

/ (fruːˈtɛərɪən) /

noun

a person who eats only fruit

adjective

of or relating to a fruitariana fruitarian diet

Derived Forms

fruitarianism, noun

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