单词 | ichthyophagist |
释义 | ichthyophagistn. A fish-eater; one whose food is fish. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating flesh or meat > eating fish > fish-eater fish-man1540 ichthyophagi1555 ichthyophagan1607 ichthyophagist1727 fish-eater1728 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II 1819 W. Lawrence Lect. Physiol. (1848) 144 They are not, however, pure ichthyophagists. 1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 242 The Lakists generally are..strong swimmers and fishermen, and vigorous ichthyophagists all. Derivatives ichthyˈophagite n. = main sense. ΚΠ 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. ii. 117 One [tribe] were perfect Ichthyophagites, and would touch no other animal food. ichthyˈophagize v. (intransitive) to eat fish.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1853 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics (1854) 346 This very important duty of ichthyophagizing dates some way back in ecclesiastical history. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727 |
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