Word of the Day: ARTOPHAGOUS


ETYMOLOGY
from Greek ἀρτοϕάγος (bread-eating) [from ρτο-, combining form of ἄρτος (bread) + ‑ϕάγος (eating)] + -ous


EXAMPLE
“…give him a loaf, Tom] Again! Our old writers are never weary of this jest. In the ‘Rebellion,’ by Rawlins, allusions to this artophagous propensity of the tailors occur in almost every page…”

From: The Works of Ben Jonson
Edited by W. Gifford, Volume the Fifth, 1816
‘The Staple of News’

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