Dieted

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. A structured approach to food consumption was implemented to enhance well-being
2. A specific plan for eating was adopted to achieve health objectives
3. A regimen of controlled food intake was employed to improve physical health and achieve weight management goals

Etymology: Ancient Greek "díaita" meant "way of living", and it originally had nothing to do with slimming. Its roots pointed to a daily routine, and the Greek word could also mean a decision or a judgement. The Romans borrowed it as "diaeta", and medieval Latin stretched it further: "dieta" could mean a regimen or regulation, a public assembly, a set day of trial, or even a day's journey, perhaps influenced by Latin "dies", "day". Those senses spread through Old French as "diete" and into Middle English as "diet". Among those senses, the idea of a prescribed regimen of food is the one that took hold in English, so "diet" came to mean the food a person habitually eats. The verb "to diet", formed from that noun, was used in the sense of restricting one's food intake, and "dieted" is its simple past and past participle form. Medieval Latin's "diētāre" and Middle English "dieten" show that the verb already existed in earlier forms before the modern sense settled.

Synonyms: restricted, controlled, regulated, limited, reduced

Antonyms: overindulged, gorged, feasted, excessed, binge