Pantophagist

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who engages in the consumption of all kinds of foods, indicating an all-encompassing dietary preference
2. An individual whose eating habits include a vast array of food types, showcasing a willingness to try anything edible
3. One who consumes every variety of edible substance without restriction

Etymology: "Pantophagist" is built from "pantophagous," which is itself formed from Greek roots: "pan" meaning "all" and "phagos" meaning "eating," so the literal sense is "all-eating." The suffix "-ist" marks a person who practises or follows something, so a pantophagist is someone who eats everything. The Greek element "phagos" is the same one found in "sarcophagus," literally "flesh-eating," and in "-phagous" words describing animals that feed on a particular kind of food. Pairing it with "pan" gives a word that describes an omnivore's appetite in the most sweeping terms, reaching beyond the ordinary sense of an omnivore to suggest no food is off limits.