Meanings
nounpescetarianism (uncountable)
- uncountableA dietary choice in which a person, known as a pescetarian, eats any combination of vegetables, fruit, nuts, beans and fish or seafood, but not mammals or birds. Some animal products, such as eggs and dairy, may or may not be part of the diet.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*péysks
- Proto-Italic*piskis
- Latinpiscis
- Italianpesce
- Proto-Italic*weg-o-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*weǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*woǵéyeti
- Proto-Italic*wogeōder.?
- Latinvegeō
- Latinvegetus
- Latinvegetāre, vegetō
- Latinvegetābilis
- Old Frenchvegetable
- Middle Englishvegetable
- Englishvegetable
- Englishvegetarian
- Englishpescetarian
- Englishpescetarianism
From pescetarian + -ism.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French pescétarisme, pesco-végétarisme
- pescétarismedietary choice
- pesco-végétarismedietary choice
German Pescetarismus
- Pescetarismusdietary choice
Hebrew פסקטריאניזם
- פסקטריאניזםdietary choice
Hindi मत्स्याहार
- मत्स्याहार (matsyāhār)dietary choice
Italian pescetarianismo
- pescetarianismodietary choice
Polish peskatarianizm
- peskatarianizmdietary choice
Turkish pesketaryenlik
- pesketaryenlikdietary choice
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pescetarianism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pescetarianism
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“pescetarianism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pescetarianism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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