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Roughage
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
| roughage (ˈrʌfɪdʒ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See also dietary fibre the coarse indigestible constituents of food or fodder, which provide bulk to the diet and promote normal bowel function |
| 2. | any rough or coarse material |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
roughage
1883, "rough grass or weeds," from rough. Meaning "coarse, bulky food" first recorded 1927.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
roughage rough·age (rŭf'ĭj)
n.
See fiber.
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