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fruitarian

American  
[froo-tair-ee-uhn] / fruˈtɛər i ən /

noun

  1. a person whose diet consists chiefly of fruit.


fruitarian British  
/ 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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Etymology

Origin of fruitarian

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

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

From Golf Digest Oct. 19, 2016

A consequence is an abundance of regimens — vegan, gluten-free, Paleolithic, fruitarian and many more — each promoted by its adherents as the one true path.

From New York Times Jan. 3, 2016

Kutcher also said that developed pancreatitis after adopting the fruitarian diet that Jobs that also tried.

From Forbes Jan. 31, 2013

On the naming of Apple, he said he was "on one of my fruitarian diets."

From Seattle Times Oct. 21, 2011

The Goopes were the oddest little couple conceivable, following a fruitarian career upon an upper floor in Theobald's Road.

From Ann Veronica, a modern love story by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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