threptic
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek θρεπτικός (threptikós, “able to feed”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “I nourish”, of food).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɹɛptɪk/
Adjective
threptic (not comparable)
- (rare) Of or pertaining to nutrition.
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:threptic.
Translations
or or pertaining to nutrition
References
- “Threptic, a.” listed on page 359/1 of § 2 (T–Th, ed. Sir James Augustus Henry Murray) of part ii (Su–Th, 1919) of volume IX of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)