Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One whose diet includes fruits, seeds, and nuts but no vegetables, grains, or animal products.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to fruits; consisting solely of fruits and nuts, as a diet.
- n. One who holds the theory that fruits and nuts constitute the only proper food for man.
Wiktionary
- n. A variant of vegetarian who intends to be limited to eating only such parts of plants whose consumption does not kill the plant (such as fruits, vegetables that can be compared to fruit, nuts and grain, but not for example tubers). The purest fruitarians do not want to destroy even the seeds.
Etymologies
- fruit + -arian. First attested circa 1890. (Wiktionary)
- Blend of fruit and (veget)arian. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Later, on the naming of Apple, Jobs told Isaacson he was "on one of my fruitarian diets.”
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“But it does claim to be dedicated to "vegetarian and vegan singles, raw food and fruitarian, Adventist, Buddhist and Hindu" love seekers.”
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“Because it lacks a balanced variety of amino acids, the fruitarian diet is especially dangerous for children.”
“A Japanese fruitarian has reported having such supersensitive hearing that he could make out the sound of ants crawling on the ground or conversations happening six miles away.”
“Some raw foodists I met at a raw food boutique in San Diego including a young man who was eating only raw cacao nibs and feeling “totally epic” snickered that they had recently busted their fruitarian colleague eating avocados.”
“One fruitarian Kiawe and Jameson mentioned eats nothing but nonoily fruits and raw pollen.”
“The writings of Buddhist disciples portray Siddhrtha Gautama as a fruitarian.”
“Most doctors warn that the fruitarian diet lacks the nutrients required for a balanced lifestyle.”
“What all the fruitarian gurus have in common is their belief that subsisting on fruits leads to transcendental experiences.”
“Soon after I arrive, a lanky twentysomething fruitarian named Jameson pulls up on a scooter.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fruitarian’.
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vmarinelli's Words
canard, gumption, inexorable, insouciance, inviolable, mordant, euphonious, sawbuck, carpe diem, pay dirt, adipocere, profligate and 496 more...
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No thanks, I'm on a diet
Interesting/noteworthy food intake regimens.
locavore, proxivore, opportunivore, freegan, vegan, vegetarian, fruitarian, kosher, halal, okinawa, south beach, atkins and 11 more...
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strausser's Words
utterly, pathetic, awesome, oblivious, neurotic, savour, stipulate, macintosh, passionate, insane, chai, cinnamon and 75 more...
Tweets
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madmouth closely coincides with the Jain diet. Jul 3, 2009
vmarinelli A bizarre dietary dogma among some of the hippies and New Agers I grew up with. Feb 7, 2007