[Sca-cooks] FW: A.Word.A.Day--sitophobia

[Joanne Clyde]

I had to laugh, this message came right after the yummy SCA cooks list 
digest.  How (in)appropriate.  I don't think any of us suffer from 
sitophobia...though we probably all know people who might suffer from 
medieval-sitophobia.

Cheers!
Geertruyt
----Original Message Follows----
From: Wordsmith <wsmith at wordsmith.org>
To: linguaphile at wordsmith.org
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--sitophobia
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 00:05:24 -0500

sitophobia (sy-tuh-FO-bee-uh) noun

    Morbid aversion to food.

[From Greek sito- (food) + -phobia (fear, aversion).]

The word is also spelled as sitiophobia. Two related words are sitomania
(abnormal craving for food), and sitology (the study of nutrition).

   "By the time (Mollie) Fancher took to her bed, sitophobia had turned
    into 'chlorosis', a type of anaemia."
    Kate Bolick; The Girl Who Lived On Air; The Guardian (London, UK);
    May 6, 2002.

   "To lower a child's weight is important, but (Jitsuo) Kitada warns
    there are pitfalls in dieting as it places children in danger of
    contracting sitophobia."
    Overweight Children a 'Growing' Concern For Japanese Parents;
    The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo, Japan); Jul 6, 1996.

This week's theme: words related to eating and drinking.

p://wordsmith.org/words/sitophobia.ram

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