Etymograph

English

Fletcherism

From Fletcher + -ism, after Horace Fletcher (1849–1919), American health-food enthusiast of the Victorian era.

Formed from Fletcher + -ism

Old French flechier

Middle English fleccher ‘a fletcher’

English Fletcher

Today it means

noun A dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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