alimentary
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From aliment (“food”) + -ary.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
alimentary (comparative more alimentary, superlative most alimentary)
- Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
- 2014, Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, →ISBN, page 6:
- Like Malthus and Young, [Ricardo] could not imagine that humankind would ever be totally freed from the alimentary imperative.
- Nourishing; nutritious.
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Translations[edit]
relating to food or nutrition
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nourishing; nutritious
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