GEOPHAGY
geophagy, geophagia
(noun) eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
geophagy (uncountable)
The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.
Source: Wiktionary
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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