Fruitarians

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A dietary group consisting of individuals who exclusively consume fruits, emphasizing raw, plant-based foods for health and ethical reasons
2. A lifestyle choice where people primarily eat fruits, avoiding other food groups while often promoting environmental sustainability
3. Adherents to a restrictive diet that focuses solely on fruits, believing in the health benefits and moral implications of such an eating habit

Etymology: "Fruitarian" is a plain compound: "fruit" joined to the suffix "-arian", which comes from Latin "-arius" and marks a follower or adherent of a particular belief or practice. Put together, a fruitarian is someone who follows a fruit-based diet, and the word first appears in print around 1890, when the idea of restricting one's diet to fruit was discussed in English. The suffix is the same one found in "vegetarian" and "humanitarian," which is why the word sounds so familiar. Its plural, "fruitarians," simply names more than one such follower, with the same meaning as the singular.

Synonyms: vegan, vegetarian