artophagous
artophagous adjective: bread-eating.
Adjective
artophagous (not comparable)
- bread-eating
- Artophagous Frenchmen complain that, at Dutch hotels, the bits of bread beside your plate are absurdly small, and as light as sponge cake, but no penalty is incurred by asking for more.1877, Gardeners Chronicle & New Horticulturist, page 463
- To the artophagous, that is, bread-eating professions, bread is the staple diet. Tailors and teachers are often dedicated artolaters, refusing to eat anything else.2001, Salah M. Hassan, Olu Oguibe, Siemon Allen, Authentic, ex-centric
Origin of artophagous
From Ancient Greek ἄρτος (ártos, “bread”) + -phagous.
Questions about artophagous
- What does artophagous mean?
- Artophagous means bread-eating.
- What part of speech is artophagous?
- Artophagous is an adjective.
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