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sitiogonic

sitiogonic adjective: concerned with the mythological motif of the origins of foods, food sources, or food-related aspects of human culture.

Adjective

sitiogonic (comparative more sitiogonic, superlative most sitiogonic)

  1. Concerned with the mythological motif of the origins of foods, food sources, or food-related aspects of human culture.
    • [Bruce] Lincoln ... coins the term sitiogonic to mean 'explaining the origin of food'1993, Anne Birrell, Chinese Mythology, Johns Hopkins, page 12

Forms of sitiogonic

comparativemore sitiogonic
superlativemost sitiogonic

Origin of sitiogonic

From sitio- + -gon + -ic, from Ancient Greek σῖτος (sîtos, “food, grain”) + γόνος (gónos, “creation”).

Questions about sitiogonic

What does sitiogonic mean?
Sitiogonic means concerned with the mythological motif of the origins of foods, food sources, or food-related aspects of human culture.
What part of speech is sitiogonic?
Sitiogonic is an adjective.

Words near sitiogonic in the dictionary

  1. sitinakite
  2. siting
  3. sitings
  4. sitio
  5. sitio-
  6. sitiogonic
  7. sitiology
  8. sitiomania
  9. sitiophobia
  10. sitios
  11. Sitka

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