dietary

[dahy-i-ter-ee] Origin

di·e·tar·y

[dahy-i-ter-ee] adjective, noun, plural di·e·tar·ies.
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to diet: a dietary cure.
noun
2.
a regulated allowance of food.
3.
Obsolete. a system or course of diet.

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Dietary is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English dietarie system of diet. See diet1, -ary

di·e·tar·i·ly, adverb
pre·di·e·tar·y, adjective
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dietary (ˈdaɪətərɪ, -trɪ)
 
adj
1.  of or relating to a diet
 
n , -taries
2.  a regulated diet
3.  a system of dieting

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dietary
1610s, from L. diaetarius, from diaeta (see diet (1)).
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dietary di·e·tar·y (dī'ĭ-těr'ē)
adj.
Of or relating to diet.

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