Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a condiment.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a
condiment . - adjective
Spicy ,pungent .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is asserted, and probably with some degree of truth, that when dainty, over-fed stock loathe their food, they are induced to eat greedily by mixing the "condimental" with their ordinary food.
The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875
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Whatever may be the medicinal virtues of these foods, or however appropriate the term "condimental" which has been applied to them, it is quite certain that their whilom designation "concentrated" was a misnomer.
The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875
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No material differences were observed in digestibility when cheese was used in small amounts, as for condimental purposes, or when used in large amounts to furnish nutrients.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder
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Beef extracts have condimental value imparting taste and flavor, which make them useful for soup stocks, but they furnish little in the way of nutritive substance.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder
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Some of the ready -- to-eat brands are cooked, dried, and crushed, and sugar, glucose, salt, and various condimental materials added to impart taste.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder
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Melons possess condimental rather than nutritive value.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder
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These, however, may be enlivened with condimental garniture of broken and combined colors.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 Various
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Onions are aromatic bulbs, valuable for condimental rather than nutritive purposes.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder
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Sex is overemphasized by our civilization on its distracting side, its spicy and condimental values, and underemphasized so far as its realities go.
The Nervous Housewife Abraham Myerson 1914
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This act is defined as the addition of any non-condimental substance to a food, such substance not constituting a portion of the food.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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