threptic

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θρεπτικός (threptikós, “able to feed”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “I nourish”, of food).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈθɹɛptɪk/

Adjective

threptic (not comparable)

(rare) Of or pertaining to nutrition.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:threptic.

Translations

or or pertaining to nutrition

References

“Threptic, a.” listed on page 359/1 of § 2 (T–Th, ed. Sir James Augustus Henry Murray) of part ii (Su–Th, 1919) of volume IX of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)

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