An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
VEGETARIAN
vegetarian
(noun) eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vegetarian (plural vegetarians)
A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products. [from 1839]
An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore.
Synonym: herbivore (standard term)
Hyponyms
• (person who does not eat animals): vegan; lactovegetarian, lactarian; ovovegetarian, eggetarian; lacto-ovo-vegetarian, lactoovovegetarian, ovo-lacto-vegetarian, ovolactovegetarian
Coordinate terms
• (animal that also eats meat): omnivore
• (animal that only eats meat): carnivore
• (person that only eats meat): meatarian, meatatarian
Adjective
vegetarian (comparative more vegetarian, superlative most vegetarian)
Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses). [from 1849]
Synonym: Pythagorean
Without meat.
Of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat.
(of a person) That does not eat meat.
Anagrams
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Etymology
Noun
Vegetarian (usually uncountable, plural Vegetarians)
Obsolete spelling of vegetarian.
Usage notes
This capitalization only applied to the noun; the adjective took the lowercase vegetarian.
Anagrams
• renavigate
Source: Wiktionary
Veg`e*ta"ri*an, n.
Definition: One who holds that vegetables and fruits are the only proper food for man. Strict vegetarians eat no meat, eggs, or milk.
Veg`e*ta"ri*an, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to vegetarianism; as, a vegetarian diet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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