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macrobiotic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English -biotic English macrobiotic From macro- + -biotic.

Meanings

1. Of a lifestyle incorporating a dietary regimen including locally grown, seasonal, natural foods, or of the diet itself.
   • You let somebody move in with you, you make all these little compromises to smooth things along, and the next thing you know, you're on some macrobiotic diet, you're listening to Joni Mitchell! 1999, Shana Larsen, 200 Cigarettes (motion picture), spoken by Kevin (Paul Rudd):
2. Long-lived.

Forms

Deriveds

macrobiotically · nonmacrobiotic

Translations (7)

gl macrobiótico (diet) · de makrobiotisch (diet) · fr macrobiotique (diet) · cy macrofiotig (diet) · ca macrobiòtic (diet) · es macrobiótico (diet) · it macrobiotico (diet)