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单词 prasophagous
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prasophagousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πρασο- , -phagous comb. form.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πρασο-, combining form (in e.g. πρασοκουρίς prasocoride n.) of πράσον leek (see prasine n. and adj.) + -phagous comb. form. Compare Byzantine Greek πρασοϕαγεῖν to eat leeks, and also prasophagy n.
Obsolete. rare.
That eats leeks.
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1882 St. James's Gaz. 11 Feb. 6/2 I should not have been prasophagous if I had had the chance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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