# pescetarian
## English

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### Etymology

Blend of Italian pesce (“fish”) +‎ vegetarian.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌpɛskɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌpɛsɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌpɛskəˈtɛəɹi.ən/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˌpɛskɪˈtɛɹi.ən/, /ˌpɛsɪˈtɛɹi.ən/, /ˌpɛskəˈtɛɹi.ən/
* Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
* Hyphenation: pes‧ce‧ta‧ri‧an

### Noun

pescetarian (plural pescetarians)
* A person who consumes no animal flesh with the exception of fish or seafood. [c. 1990]
** 1999 March 26, Jessica R. Shawl, “‘Vegetarians’???”, in rec.food.veg‎ (Usenet), message-ID <36FBD2DB.8237C15@scdt.intel.com>:I'm curious what you do when you encounter a friend, family member, whoever who claims to be a "vegetarian who eats fish". It *really* bothers me when this happens because it contributes to the assumption that I eat fish and I don't, because I am a vegetarian. I feel like it gives all vegetarians a bad name. Do you correct them? Do you not bother? And how do you correct them? I was thinking that saying something like "oh, you mean your a pescetarian" would be ok and give them the appropriate term. Speaking of which, how is "pescetarian" pronounced?
** 2004, Pierre Jean Cousin, Kirsten Hartvig, The Complete Guide to Nutritional Health: More Than 600 Foods and Recipes for Overcoming Illness and Boosting your Immunity, London: Duncan Baird Publishers, →ISBN, page 149:Eat for Immunity follows a plant-based approach to improving immunity that is relevant to every style of eating—carnivore, pescetarian, vegetarian and vegan.
** 2006, Ayun Halliday, Dirty Sugar Cookies: Culinary Observations, Questionable Taste, Emeryville, Calif.: Seal Press, →ISBN, page 151:"Why don't you just tell people you're a pescetarian?" a vegetarian I met recently asked, cutting me off midapologia for my beat-up leather jacket and my callow habit of behaving as if fish are neurologically no more complex than eggplants.

#### Alternative forms

* pescatarian
* piscetarian

#### Synonyms

* pescovegetarian
* fishetarian
* vegaquarian

#### Derived terms

* pescetarianism

#### See also

* flexitarian
* meatatarian
* piscivore (scientific)
* pollotarian
* seagan
* vegetarian

### Adjective

pescetarian (not comparable)
* Of or relating to pescetarianism.
    pescetarian diet

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “pescetarian, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* ↑ “pescatarian, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-09-29.

### Further reading

* pescetarian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Paul McFedries (2003 September 17) “pescetarian”, in Word Spy, Logophilia Limited, retrieved 4 June 2017.
* Google Trends comparison of the usage of the 3 spelling variations (pescatarian, pescetarian, and piscetarian), using data from web searches (globally) of each variation since January 2004 (start of dataset) to current date.

### Anagrams

* Capernaites