threptic

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek θρεπτικός (threptikós, “able to feed”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “I nourish”, of food). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɹɛptɪk/ === Adjective === threptic (not comparable) (rare) Of or pertaining to nutrition. For quotations using this term, see Citations:threptic. ==== Translations ==== === References === “Threptic, a.” listed on page 359/1 of § 2 (T–Th, ed. Sir James Augustus Henry Murray) of part ii (Su–Th, 1919) of volume IX of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)