English Explanatory Dictionary

dietary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A regulated diet that excludes or constrains certain types of food, especially for health reasons; also, a book or similar setting out such regulations.
  2. A prescribed meal plan setting out how the inhabitants of an institution (such as a prison, hospital etc.) should be fed, and on what foods.
adj
  1. Pertaining to a prescribed diet; (generally), relating to what a person or animal eats.
  2. Comprising a food source.

Pronunciation

/ˈdaɪət(ə)ɹi/ /ˈdaɪəˌtɛɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dietary.wav

Word forms

dietary dietaries

Etymology

From Medieval Latin diētārium (“book prescribing diet”), from Latin diaeta (“diet”).

Derived words

dietarily dietary fiber dietary fibre dietary indiscretion dietary supplement ethnodietary nondietary palaeodietary paleodietary predietary
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