xerophagia 1. The eating of dry foodstuffs; subsisting on a dry diet. 2. A diet of bread and water. Actually, xerophagy refers to a type of religious fast in which the jejunator [the person who fasts] consumes only bread, salt, unseasoned vegetables, and water. It`s strange that a word element [xero] which means `dry”, includes water. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2736/18