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aliment

[ noun al-uh-muhnt; verb al-uh-ment ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

aliment

Origin of aliment¹

1470–80; < Latin alimentum, equivalent to al ( ere ) to feed + -i- -i- + -mentum -ment

Origin of aliment¹

C15: from Latin alimentum food, from alere to nourish

A kindred mental dissipation follows in the steps of progress, and demands aliment from our public libraries.

In what soil grew the flowers and ripened the fruits which have been the delight and the aliment of nations?

Aliment′al, supplying food; Aliment′ary, pertaining to aliment: nutritive.

Secondly, it is proved to be true by the way it is produced, as it is the superfluity of the last aliment of the fleshy parts.

She found great benefit from frequently changing her aliment.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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