breatharian

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breath +‎ -arian

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breatharian (plural breatharians)

  1. One who lives without food, subsisting instead on prana or sunlight.
    • 2005 February 6, Jennifer Bleyer, “He Must Be a Dream to Cook For”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Those who suspect a growing homogeneity in the once-eccentric East Village may find comfort in Dr. David Jubb, a New Age health guru who runs Jubb's Longevity on East 12th Street and claims to be a breatharian, taking light and air as his primary nourishment.

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