Hypertext Webster Gateway: "geophagism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Geophagism \Ge*oph"a*gism\, n. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, earth + ? to
eat.]
The act or habit of eating earth. See {Dirt eating}, under
{Dirt}. --Dunglison.
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