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fishetarian

noun
/ˌfɪʃ.əˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/UK/ˌfɪ.ʃəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/US

Etymology

Blend of fish + vegetarian.

  1. derived from vegetābilis — “able to live and grow”
  2. derived from vegetable
  3. inherited from vegetable
  4. suffixed as vegetarian — “vegetable + -arian”
  5. compounded as fishetarian — “fish + vegetarian”

Definitions

  1. A pescetarian

    A pescetarian; one who eats no meat other than fish.

    • 'Okay, we can't do monkfish for the fishetarians because it's not kosher, and the koshers won't eat red meat either, so cod will do for them[…]
    • Uncle Murray is on a very strict heart healthy diet. Katherine may be a fishetarian — she has some sort of ulcer-thing I think, because I know that eating much in the way of tomatoes is a no-no for her.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA