Cibarious
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Relating to food. not-comparable, obsolete
"Bordarius, a term and distinction introduced by the Normans, was a bondman able not only to furnish a house, but also to stock a small farm which he enjoyed under the title of bord lands, whence he furnished the Lord's board with eggs, poultry, and the other cibarious produce of his farm."
- 2 Relating to eating or digestion. not-comparable, obsolete, rare
"Nay, when we pass from this particular accomplishment, and consider his general powers—when we remember his range of appetite through the whole cibarious system—his unfailing faculty of digestion[…]"
- 3 Edible. not-comparable, rare
"Beel[zebub]. So little of regard that clamorous The people are, against the distillation Of grains cibarious because, indeed, There are disturbers that alarm themselves Lest that the armies suffer lack of grains; Who represent still houses as a curse And nurseries of woes and miseries."
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More examples"Bordarius, a term and distinction introduced by the Normans, was a bondman able not only to furnish a house, but also to stock a small farm which he enjoyed under the title of bord lands, whence he furnished the Lord's board with eggs, poultry, and the other cibarious produce of his farm."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cibarius, from cibus (“food”).
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