geophagism
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek
Noun
geophagism (uncountable)
- The act or habit of eating earth.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dunglison to this entry?)
Related terms
- geophagy
See also
- pica
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for geophagism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)