Verboticism: Anthelme

'Let us be.'

DEFINITION: To be consumed by what you eat.

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Anthelme

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈanˌθelm/

Sentence: After eating nothing but carrots for a week, the yellow tint of his skin betrayed the fact that he was slowly being anthelmed by them.

Etymology: From Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, who originally said "Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es," ("Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,") from which we get the phrase "You are what you eat."

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Comments: Anthelme

Jabberwocky - 2007-07-05: 13:15:00
you're a very smart guy ErWenn

ErWenn - 2007-07-05: 21:37:00
Would it decrease your opinion of my intelligence to learn that I only know this quote because it shows up at the beginning of every episode of Iron Chef?