anthropophagous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌæn.θɹəˈpɒ.fə.ɡəs/
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νθρωπος (ắnthrōpos)der. English anthropo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-der. Ancient Greek ἔφαγον (éphagon) Ancient Greek -φάγος (-phágos)bor. Latin -phagusbor. English -phagous English anthropophagous From anthropo- + -phagous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Who practices anthropophagy; cannibalistic.
The bullet struck her in the back and killed her, and to this day I am glad that it did, for, as it afterwards transpired, she had availed herself of the anthropophagous customs of the Amahagger to organise the whole thing in revenge of the slight put upon her by Job.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:an anthropophagous tribe
Man-eating lions, tigers, and crocodiles have been extensively treated in historical and fictional literature, and elaborate attempts have been made to halt their anthropophagous habits.
1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 16:
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it antropofago (anthropophagous) · pt antropófago (anthropophagous)