Fletcherite

See also: fletcherite

English

Etymology

From Fletcher +‎ -ite, named after Horace Fletcher.

Noun

Fletcherite (plural Fletcherites)

1. A practitioner of Horace Fletcher's theories, especially regarding the extremely thorough chewing of food.
   • 1907, Caleb Williams Saleeby, The Conquest of Cancer‎^[1], F. A. Stokes Company, page 72:

     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.

   • 1913 September, T. N. Buckingham, “Bob White, Down 't Aberdeen”, in Field and Stream‎^[2], volume 18, number 5, page 458:

     Their contents would have made the weariest Fletcherite drool at the mouth and forget his number of chews.

   • 1957, Martin Gardner, Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science‎^[3], Dover, page 221:

     The motto of the Fletcherites was “Nature will castigate those who don't masticate.”

   • 2012, Shailaja Prashant Kedari, The Simple and Natural Way: ... to Perfect Weight, Radiant Health and Transformed Life‎^[4], Balboa Press, page 51:

     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.

Synonyms

• Fletcherist

Related terms

• fletcherize, Fletcherism