vegan
vegan Lexical Profile
vegan Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Containing no animal products or byproducts, or relating to the lifestyle and dietary principles of vegans.
"The bakery recently introduced a popular line of vegan pastries made with plant-based butter and oat milk."
• noun
A person who does not eat any food derived from animals and who typically abstains from using other animal products such as leather or wool.
"Because she is a strict vegan, the host prepared a separate meal without meat, dairy, or eggs."
Word Nuance & Usage
Unlike a vegetarian, who abstains from eating meat, fish, and poultry, a vegan abstains from all animal-derived products, including dairy, eggs, honey, leather, and wool.
• Rhymes for vegan
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in 1944 by Donald Watson, co-founder of the British Vegan Society, by combining the first three and last two letters of the word 'vegetarian' to signify the beginning and end of vegetarianism.