fletcherite
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An isometric-hexoctahedral steel gray mineral containing cobalt, copper, nickel, and sulfur.
Uncountable
noun
A practitioner of Horace Fletcher's theories, especially regarding the extremely thorough chewing of food.
Example Sentences
- "Now I submit that the Fletcherite bowel, which at its fullest is practically empty, and at its most septic is practically microbe-free, approximates so nearly to the condition of the foetal bowel, that if the absorption of undestroyed trypsin is credible in the one case it is credible in the other."
- "Their contents would have made the weariest Fletcherite drool at the mouth and forget his number of chews."
- "The motto of the Fletcherites was “Nature will castigate those who don't masticate.”"
- "It is fascinating to read that any waste generated out of a Fletcherites body will have no offensive odor, be it the digestion ash (excreta), urine or sweat."