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fruitarian, n. (and a.) rare.|fruːˈtɛərɪən|
[f. fruit n. + -arian; cf. vegetarian.]
One who lives on fruit. Also as adj.
1893Nat. Food Mag. Feb., Even at 3d. a lb...the economical fruitarian would gain on the economical cerealist. 1896Westm. Gaz. 4 May 10/1 He became ‘fruitarian’..He believed in nothing but fruit. 1902H. Begbie Adv. Sir John Sparrow x. 150 The form of eating which I practise..is not vegetarian, but fruitarian. 1903Sci. Amer. 10 Oct. 255/2 Fruits contain little protein, and nuts are relied on in the fruitarian plan of eating to balance the ration.
Hence fruiˈtarianism, the principles or practice of fruitarians.
1902H. Begbie Adv. Sir John Sparrow xiv. 221 We flee from before the face of vegetarianism, fruitarianism, theosophy, and religious manias. 1908Practitioner Mar. 401 Vegetarianism, fruitarianism, and even zomotherapy may suit a few. 1930E. T. Thurston Man in Black Hat viii. 149 The medical profession at the moment approves of fruitarianism. |