dietary means pertaining to a prescribed diet; (generally), relating to what a person or animal eats.
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dietary is pronounced /ˈdaɪət(ə)ɹi/.
Etymology
From Medieval Latin diētārium (“book prescribing diet”), from Latin diaeta (“diet”).
adj
- Pertaining to a prescribed diet; (generally), relating to what a person or animal eats.e.g.“If you have any dietary requirements, please inform the kitchen staff.”
- Comprising a food source.e.g.“For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp.” — 2016 January 21, “Choose Your Weaponry: Selective Storage of a Single Toxic Compound, Latrunculin A, by Closely Related Nudibranch Molluscs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
noun
- A regulated diet that excludes or constrains certain types of food, especially for health reasons; also, a book or similar setting out such regulations.e.g.“In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary.” — 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 42:
- A prescribed meal plan setting out how the inhabitants of an institution (such as a prison, hospital etc.) should be fed, and on what foods.e.g.““Do I understand that he asked for more, after he had eaten the supper allotted by the dietary?” “He did, sir,” replied Bumble.” — 1837 February, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Treats of Oliver Twist’s Growth, Education, and Board”, in Oliver Twist; […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], published 1838, →OCLC, page 30:
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