fruitarian

[ froo-tair-ee-uh n ]

/ fruˈtɛər i ən /

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noun

a person whose diet consists chiefly of fruit.

Words related to fruitarian

Words nearby fruitarian

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 of fruitarian

fruitarianism, noun

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