Ryvita

English

Etymology

Trade name, presumably from rye and vitality or similar.

Proper noun

Ryvita

1. A rye-based crispbread.
   • 1937, George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier:

     A millionaire may enjoy breakfasting off orange juice and Ryvita biscuits; an unemployed man doesn't.

   • 1977, Margaret Drabble, The Ice Age:

     He covered everything in mustard, including a slice of Ryvita, then propped up a copy of the Property Investment Review against the radio, and read and ate.

   • 2007, Maria Mann, Verity Red's Diary: A Story of Surviving M. E., page 374:

     The sky rumbled like a model's stomach that's survived all day on Diet Coke and is looking forward to a slice of Ryvita topped with a dessert spoonful of low fat cottage cheese, garnished with two wafer thin slices of cucumber.