fasting spittle

noun

Saliva produced first thing in the morning, before breakfast, once believed to be useful in treating diseases.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounfasting spittle (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSaliva produced first thing in the morning, before breakfast, once believed to be useful in treating diseases.

    Dr. Buck reports that the Swabians also believe in the efficacy of fasting spittle for sore eyes; and our never-failing Pliny records the Roman belief that ophthalmia may be cured by anointing the eyes every morning with fasting spittle.

    1891 July, Fanny D. Bergen, “Animal and Plant Lore”, in Popular Science, page 377
Cite this entry
APA

fasting spittle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fasting%20spittle

MLA

“fasting spittle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fasting%20spittle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fasting spittle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fasting%20spittle.

Source: fasting spittle on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.