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flexitarian

noun
/flɛk.sɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/UK/flɛk.sɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/US

Etymology

Blend of flexible + 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 flexitarian — “flexible + vegetarian”

Definitions

  1. One who is usually or primarily vegetarian, but not strictly so.

  2. Being a flexitarian.

  3. Being what a flexitarian might eat.

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