vegetare

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UK/ˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə/US/vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛər/

verb

To adhere to a vegetarian diet; to eat vegetables and not meat.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verbvegetare (third-person singular simple present vegetares, present participle vegetaring, simple past and past participle vegetared)

present singular third person vegetares · participle present vegetaring · participle past vegetared · past vegetared

  1. rareTo adhere to a vegetarian diet; to eat vegetables and not meat.

    No, I don’t think vegetaring will help you. Of course you have quit coffee?

    1914 December, John R. Rodgers, “Indigestion and other topics”, in The Green Book Magazine, page 1044
    2 more examples

    The dietary of the coming century shall be in harmony with its aspirations and the human race will vegetare.

    1898, Josiah Oldfield, “The Dietary of the Twentieth Century”, in The New Century Review, page 308

    What you have to realize is that brazilians in general do not understand the concept vegetaring and thus would include chicken, fish and even small amounts of beef in their definition of a vegetarian dish.

    2006, Solveig S, “Being Vegetarian in South America....Easy or Difficult?”, in Travellers point

Origin

Attested from the 19th century (see quotation below). Likely a back-formation from vegetarian.

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