Meanings
- not comparablerarebread-eating
To the artophagous, that is, bread-eating professions, bread is the staple diet. Tailors and teachers are often dedicated artolaters, refusing to eat anything else.
2001, Salah M. Hassan, Olu Oguibe, Siemon Allen, Authentic, ex-centric1 more example
Artophagous Frenchmen complain that, at Dutch hotels, the bits of bread beside your plate are absurdly small, and as light as sponge cake, but no penalty is incurred by asking for more.
1877, Gardeners Chronicle & New Horticulturist, page 463
Origin
- Ancient Greekἄρτος“bread”
- Englishartophagous
From Ancient Greek ἄρτος (ártos, “bread”) + -phagous.
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