VEGAN
What does "VEGAN" mean?
A person who eats no animal products and avoids using goods derived from animals.
Meanings
- A person who abstains from all animal products in diet and, often, in clothing and other uses. As a vegan, she checks every label for dairy.
- Containing or using no animal products. They ordered the vegan burger.
Did you know?
- The word 'vegan' was deliberately built in 1944 by Donald Watson from the first three and last two letters of 'vegetarian' - he said it marked 'the beginning and end of vegetarian'.
Word origin
Coined in 1944 by Donald Watson and fellow founders of the Vegan Society in England, who took the first three and last two letters of 'vegetarian' to mark 'the beginning and end of vegetarian'.
Remember it
VEGAN is literally the start and end of VEGetariAN stitched together - which is exactly how Donald Watson coined it.
A little poem
No nest robbed, no hide-
the plate a quiet treaty
signed with the whole field.
haiku
Wordplay
- How do you know someone is reading about the word vegan? The etymology tells you within the first three letters.
What it teaches
A word coined on purpose can outgrow its inventor; names, once given, do their own travelling.
Quick facts
What does VEGAN mean?
A person who eats no animal products and avoids using goods derived from animals.
Is VEGAN a valid word?
Yes — VEGAN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is VEGAN?
VEGAN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does VEGAN come from?
Coined in 1944 by Donald Watson and fellow founders of the Vegan Society in England, who took the first three and last two letters of 'vegetarian' to mark 'the beginning and end of vegetarian'.
What can VEGAN teach us?
A word coined on purpose can outgrow its inventor; names, once given, do their own travelling.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.