Bantingism at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
Bantingism \Ban"ting*ism\, n.
A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing
much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called
from William Banting of London.
Bantingism at English (WD) Of Explained:
==English==
Etymology
Inter: suffix » Banting|ism, after William Banting.Noun
Inter: en-noun » -Inter: Webster 191 » 3