alimentary

From aliment (“food”) +‎ -ary.

• IPA^(key): /ˌælɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/

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alimentary (comparative more alimentary, superlative most alimentary)

1. Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
   • 2014, Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, →ISBN, page 6:

     Like Malthus and Young, [Ricardo] could not imagine that humankind would ever be totally freed from the alimentary imperative.

2. Nourishing; nutritious.