Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fletcherism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fletcherism
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Once upon a time, there was a man named Thomas Edison, and he invented the dictating machine and the fluoroscope...and the repeating telegraph. And he was a firm believer in Fletcherism...and he played the organ and his favorite flower was the heliotrope."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Fletcher

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

Fletcherian Fletcherite

Questions

What does fletcherism mean?: A dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry.
Where does fletcherism come from?: From Fletcher + -ism, after Horace Fletcher (1849–1919), American health-food enthusiast of the Victorian era.

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