monophagyn.

Brit.

/məˈnɒfədʒi/, U.S.

/məˈnɑfədʒi/

Forms: 1600s monophagie, 1600s 1800s– monophagy.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μονοϕαγία.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μονοϕαγία eating alone (Septuagint) < ancient Greek μονο- mono- comb. form + -ϕαγία -phagy comb. form.

†a. A meal made with one kind of food. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > meal by type of food

monophagy1625

brencheese1665

flesh meal1748

cold collation1759

horse-meal1760

meat meal1858

dim sum1945

slow food1972

carbo-load1982

Chinky1983

1625 J. Minsheu Ductoris in Linguas (ed. 2) Monophagie, a meale made with one kinde of meat.

b. The eating of only one kind of food. Now Zoology.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating one sort of food

monophagy1656

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Monophagie, a meal made of, or a living alwayes with, one kind of meat.

1881 K. Semper Animal Life ii. 56 Monophagy in animals is often connected with the occurrence of special organs.

1907 W. Schlich Man. Forestry IV. 158 Observations are not yet complete regarding the monophagy or polyphagy of certain insects.

1954 Evolution 8 37/1 Viewed in terms of interspecific competition polyphagy is distinctly inferior to monophagy or oligophagy.

1977 J. L. Harper Population Biol. Plants xiii. 413 Monophagy usually involves tight evolutionary integration of both predator and prey and classic predator-prey cycles may be hidden by rapid coevolutionary processes.

1994 Entomologia Exper. et Applicata 73 255/1 Some other species [of grasshopper], which have restricted host ranges, have been shown to exhibit monophagy at the population level.

†2. The action or process of eating alone. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > [noun] > eating alone

monophagy1658

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Monophagy, an eating alone, or of one kind of meat.

1872 G. W. Dasent Three to One II. 250 Monophagy makes a man melancholy and unsocial.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monophagy
释义	monophagyn. Brit. /məˈnɒfədʒi/, U.S. /məˈnɑfədʒi/ Forms: 1600s monophagie, 1600s 1800s– monophagy. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μονοϕαγία. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μονοϕαγία eating alone (Septuagint) < ancient Greek μονο- mono- comb. form + -ϕαγία -phagy comb. form. 1. †a. A meal made with one kind of food. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > meal by type of food monophagy1625 brencheese1665 flesh meal1748 cold collation1759 horse-meal1760 meat meal1858 dim sum1945 slow food1972 carbo-load1982 Chinky1983 1625 J. Minsheu Ductoris in Linguas (ed. 2) Monophagie, a meale made with one kinde of meat. b. The eating of only one kind of food. Now Zoology. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating one sort of food monophagy1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Monophagie, a meal made of, or a living alwayes with, one kind of meat. 1881 K. Semper Animal Life ii. 56 Monophagy in animals is often connected with the occurrence of special organs. 1907 W. Schlich Man. Forestry IV. 158 Observations are not yet complete regarding the monophagy or polyphagy of certain insects. 1954 Evolution 8 37/1 Viewed in terms of interspecific competition polyphagy is distinctly inferior to monophagy or oligophagy. 1977 J. L. Harper Population Biol. Plants xiii. 413 Monophagy usually involves tight evolutionary integration of both predator and prey and classic predator-prey cycles may be hidden by rapid coevolutionary processes. 1994 Entomologia Exper. et Applicata 73 255/1 Some other species [of grasshopper], which have restricted host ranges, have been shown to exhibit monophagy at the population level. †2. The action or process of eating alone. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > [noun] > eating alone monophagy1658 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Monophagy, an eating alone, or of one kind of meat. 1872 G. W. Dasent Three to One II. 250 Monophagy makes a man melancholy and unsocial. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1625
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