fruitarian

[ froo-tair-ee-uhn ]

noun

1. a person whose diet consists chiefly of fruit.

fruitarian

/ fruːˈtɛərɪən /

noun

1. a person who eats only fruit

adjective

1. of or relating to a fruitarian

   a fruitarian diet

Derived Forms

• fruiˈtarianˌism, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fruitarian¹

1890–95; fruit + -arian, on the model of vegetarian

Example Sentences

Kutcher adopted a fruitarian diet while preparing for his role as the late Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs in the 2013 film "Jobs."

From Fox News

But a case could be made that it was the fruitarian diet that killed him: metabolically, a diet of fruit is equivalent to a diet of candy, only with fructose instead of glucose, with the effect that the pancreas is strained to constantly produce more insulin.

From The Guardian

Jobs was a vegan for most of his adult life, dabbled with the even more restrictive fruitarian diet* and would spend weeks at a time eating only one or two foods, such as apples or carrots.

From The Guardian

I also tried being a fruitarian—all fruits, nothing else—for a while but got so skinny and weak I had to quit that.

From Golf Digest

The same guy who turned me on to being a fruitarian, claims to know breatharians.

From Golf Digest