Dieted

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having been on a specialized diet that limits caloric intake.

    "he's a fat, corpulent, Vnwieldy fellow; you, a dieted Sparke, Fit for the Combat."

  2. 2
    well-fed; having or requiring extra nutrition.

    "The wenches swear, he kisses like a giant still; And will ride his heats as cleanly as a dieted Gelding."

  3. 3
    Showing the effects of dieting; resulting from limited caloric intake.

    "Her long slim back was straight and paltry in the modern fashion, a dieted back ."

  4. 4
    Resulting from scarcity. figuratively

    "Obviously this sorded power of dull, "lust-dieted" appetite has not very much in common with Milton's blithe , caressing personification of pleasure, so fatal because outwardly so beautiful; though I do not doubt that Milton knew Ben Johson's Masque."

  5. 5
    Abbreviated; reduced. figuratively

    "why not diet our furniture to fit the dieted homes we were living in?"

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  1. 6
    Providing specialized dietary services, especially when addressing nutrition as an aspect of treatment.

    "The hospital at Korti (No. 1 field-hospital) was made a dieted one on February 1st, the diets sanctioned being low, milk, chicken, roast, and entire."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of diet form-of, participle, past

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