Artophagous

/ɑːrˈtɒf.ə.ɡəs/ adjective

Definition

Bread-eating; describing creatures or peoples whose diet consists mainly of bread or grain products.

Etymology

From Greek 'artos' (bread) + 'phagos' (eating, from 'phagein' to eat). The term describes dietary habits centered on bread consumption.

Kelly Says

For most of human history, 'artophagous' described the majority of Europeans—bread was so central that people were literally defined by their bread-eating, making it a marker of civilization itself.

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