Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who practises geophagism; one who eats earth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc.
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- noun One who eats
earth ,clay ,chalk , etc.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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hernesheir commented on the word geophagist
Some folks would rather eat dirt, apparently.
(n): Geophagists consume clayey soil in response to nervous disorders, deprivation, or necessity. There is no nutritional value, though a sense of satiety is produced.
Records from Java and Sumatra indicate that certain geophagists made a paste from clay that had been cleaned of all foreign objects (sand, stones, sticks, etc.), rolled it out into thin cakes, and baked it in an iron pan over a charcoal fire.
January 5, 2009