单词 | threptic |
释义 | threpticadj. rare1. Of or pertaining to nutrition. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > relating to nutrition belly1377 nutritivea1398 alimentative1653 alimentary1730 threptica1832 alimentive1835 nutritory1883 a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 617/1 We may define all the faculties which can exist in any living creature to be these: first, the faculty of receiving nourishment (θρεπτικη); secondly, [etc.]... The threptic faculty is the lowest of these, and is present in all cases. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.a1832 |
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