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poltophagy

poltophagy noun: the chewing of food long enough to reduce it to the consistency of porridge.

Noun

poltophagy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The chewing of food long enough to reduce it to the consistency of porridge.

poltophagy meaning in Tamil

poltophagy in Tamil

மென்று அரைத்தல், மென்று கூழாக்கல்

Origin of poltophagy

From Ancient Greek πόλτος (póltos, “porridge”) and the suffix -φαγία (-phagía), combining form of φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”). See also suffix -phagy.

Questions about poltophagy

What does poltophagy mean?
Poltophagy means the chewing of food long enough to reduce it to the consistency of porridge.
What is poltophagy in Tamil?
Poltophagy in Tamil is மென்று அரைத்தல், மென்று கூழாக்கல். See Poltophagy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is poltophagy?
Poltophagy is a noun.

Words near poltophagy in the dictionary

  1. poltinniks
  2. Polton
  3. poltophagic
  4. poltophagist
  5. poltophagists
  6. poltophagy
  7. Poltorak
  8. poltron
  9. poltrons
  10. poltroon
  11. poltrooneries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poltophagy (page history and authors); poltophagy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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