Fletcherite

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English

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Etymology

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From Fletcher +‎ -ite, named after Horace Fletcher.

Noun

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Fletcherite (plural Fletcherites)

  1. A practitioner of Horace Fletcher's theories, especially regarding the extremely thorough chewing of food.
    • 1907, Caleb Williams Saleeby, The Conquest of Cancer[1], F. A. Stokes Company, page 72:
      Now I submit that the Fletcherite bowel, which at its fullest is practically empty, and at its most septic is practically microbe-free, approximates so nearly to the condition of the foetal bowel, that if the absorption of undestroyed trypsin is credible in the one case it is credible in the other.
    • 1913 September, T. N. Buckingham, “Bob White, Down 't Aberdeen”, in Field and Stream[2], volume 18, number 5, page 458:
      Their contents would have made the weariest Fletcherite drool at the mouth and forget his number of chews.
    • 1957, Martin Gardner, Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science[3], Dover, page 221:
      The motto of the Fletcherites was “Nature will castigate those who don't masticate.”
    • 2012, Shailaja Prashant Kedari, The Simple and Natural Way: ... to Perfect Weight, Radiant Health and Transformed Life[4], Balboa Press, page 51:
      It is fascinating to read that any waste generated out of a Fletcherites body will have no offensive odor, be it the digestion ash (excreta), urine or sweat.

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