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Variant of diet¹

diet¹ Definition

diet (ət)

noun

    1. what a person or animal usually eats and drinks; daily fare
    2. figuratively, what a person regularly reads, listens to, does, etc.
  1. a special or limited selection of food and drink, chosen or prescribed to promote health or a gain or loss of weight

Etymology: ME diete < OFr < ML dieta, diet, daily food allowance (meaning infl. by diet) < L diaeta < Gr diaita, way of life, regimen < dia-, through + root of aisa, fate < IE *aito-, share < base *ai-, to give, allot

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to eat or cause to eat special or limited food, esp. for losing weight

Etymology: ME dieten < ML dietare

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Variant of diet²

diet² Definition

diet (ət)

noun

  1. Scot. a day's session of an assembly
  2. a formal assembly, as formerly of princes, electors, etc. of the Holy Roman Empire
  3. in some countries, a national or local legislative assembly

Etymology: ME diete < OFr < ML dieta < L dies, day: see deity

dieter Synonyms

dieter

n.

reducer, weight-watcher, calorie-counter, faster, abstainer from food, health-food nut*.