Antedating of "Vegetarianism"

[Fred Shapiro]

vegetarianism (OED 1851)

1850 _Reynold's Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, Science and
Art_ Jan. 396 (Periodicals Archive Online)  (heading) Vegetarianism.

Fred Shapiro


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