Vegetarian
English edit
Etymology edit
vegetable + -arian; popularized following 1847 foundation of British Vegetarian Society. (Alternatively, it may derive from vegetus + -arian.)
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌvɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹɪən/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Noun edit
Vegetarian (usually uncountable, plural Vegetarians)
- Obsolete spelling of vegetarian
- 1886, Henry Stephens Salt, A Plea for Vegetarianism and Other Essays, page 7:
- “I must preface this essay by the confession that I am myself a Vegetarian, and that I mean to say all the good I can of the principles of Vegetarianism.”
Usage notes edit
- This capitalization only applied to the noun; the adjective took the lowercase vegetarian.