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man-eating en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Inclined to eat human flesh; that attacks and kills humans for food.
   • [T]he den of a man-eating tiger, or a mad dog, could not be more dreaded. 1852 May 12, The Sydney Morning Herald, page 3, column 2:
   • The Lumbardar scouted the idea; the only man-eating leopard in those parts has been killed by the valorous sahib-thanks be to Allah! 1879 July 5, The Mercury and Weekly Courier, page 3, column 8:
   • "As a matter of fact my thoughts were flashing between Ronda and that man-eating tiger I'm going to bag tomorrow." 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 147:

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Translations (13)

is mannætu- (inclined to eat human flesh) · cy dynfwytaol (inclined to eat human flesh) · fi ihmisiä syövä (inclined to eat human flesh) · grc φαγάνθρωπος (inclined to eat human flesh) · grc ἀνθρωποφάγος (inclined to eat human flesh) · de menschenfressend (inclined to eat human flesh) · it antropofago (inclined to eat human flesh) · el ανθρωποφάγος (inclined to eat human flesh) · es comehombre (inclined to eat human flesh) · fi ihmissyöjä- (inclined to eat human flesh) · it cannibale (inclined to eat human flesh) · el ανθρωποβόρος (inclined to eat human flesh) · sw mla-watu (inclined to eat human flesh)