nutrication

English

Etymology

From Latin nutricatio, from nutricare, nutricari (“to suckle, nourish”), from nutrix (“a nurse”).

Noun

nutrication

1. (obsolete) feeding or nourishment
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     Beside the remarkable teeth, the tongue of this animal is a second argument to overthrow this airy nutrication

References

• “nutrication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.