Pantophagists

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who consumes a wide variety of foods and is open to eating anything that is edible
2. an individual characterized by an all-encompassing appetite for various cuisines
3. someone with a diverse and indiscriminate approach to dietary preferences and nutrition

Etymology: "Pantophagists" is the plural of "pantophagist," a person who eats everything. It is built from "pantophagous," an adjective meaning eating all kinds of food, and the suffix "-ist," which denotes a person who practises or follows something. The first part draws on Greek "pan," meaning "all," and "phagos," meaning "eating," the same element found in words like "phagocyte" and "anthropophagous." Put together, the word describes someone who devours anything and everything.