panivorous

Dec. 1st, 2014 07:50 am
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panivorous (pa-NIV-er-uhs) - adj., eating bread.


Or possibly more properly, subsisting on bread. Like the weevils in ship's biscuit. Coined in the 1820s from Latin roots panis, bread + vorare, to devour.

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Date: 2014-12-01 08:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mount-oregano.livejournal.com
Me at breakfast. Now I have a word for it. Thanks.

Date: 2014-12-01 08:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com
*passes a basket of buns*

Date: 2014-12-03 07:58 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] clhollandwriter
But what did weevils eat before bread was invented?

Date: 2014-12-03 10:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com
Grains and other seeds, apparently.

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