threptic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θρεπτικός (threptikós, “able to feed”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “I nourish”, of food).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈθɹɛptɪk/

threptic (not comparable)

1. (rare) Of or pertaining to nutrition.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:threptic.

• “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.)