artophagous
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
bread-eating
Example Sentences
- "Artophagous Frenchmen complain that, at Dutch hotels, the bits of bread beside your plate are absurdly small, and as light as sponge cake, but no penalty is incurred by asking for more."
- "To the artophagous, that is, bread-eating professions, bread is the staple diet. Tailors and teachers are often dedicated artolaters, refusing to eat anything else."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄρτος (ártos, “bread”) + -phagous.