pescetarian
adjEtymology Blend of Italian pesce (“fish”) + vegetarian.
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Of or relating to pescetarianism.
- pescetarian diet
pescetarian
nounUK /ˌpɛskɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/ · US /ˌpɛskɪˈtɛɹi.ən/
Etymology Blend of Italian pesce (“fish”) + vegetarian.
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A person who consumes no animal flesh with the exception of fish or seafood.
- I'm curious what you do when you encounter a friend, family member, whoever who claims to be a "vegetarian who eats fish". It *really* bothers me when this happens because it contributes to the assumption that I eat fish and I don't, because I am a vegetarian. I feel like it gives all vegetarians a bad name. Do you correct them? Do you not bother? And how do you correct them? I was thinking that saying something like "oh, you mean your^([sic]) a pescetarian" would be ok and give them the appropriate term. Speaking of which, how is "pescetarian" pronounced?1999 March 26, Jessica R. Shawl, “‘Vegetarians’???”, in rec.food.veg (Usenet), message-ID <36FBD2DB.8237C15@scdt.intel.com>:
- Eat for Immunity follows a plant-based approach to improving immunity that is relevant to every style of eating—carnivore, pescetarian, vegetarian and vegan.2004, Pierre Jean Cousin, Kirsten Hartvig, The Complete Guide to Nutritional Health: More Than 600 Foods and Recipes for Overcoming Illness and Boosting your Immunity, London: Duncan Baird Publishers, →ISBN, page 149:
1 more example
- "Why don't you just tell people you're a pescetarian?" a vegetarian I met recently asked, cutting me off midapologia for my beat-up leather jacket and my callow habit of behaving as if fish are neurologically no more complex than eggplants.2006, Ayun Halliday, Dirty Sugar Cookies: Culinary Observations, Questionable Taste, Emeryville, Calif.: Seal Press, →ISBN, page 151:
- Synonyms
- pescovegetarian, fishetarian, vegaquarian
- Derived terms
- pescetarianism
- Related terms
- flexitarian, meatatarian, piscivore, pollotarian, seagan, vegetarian