anthropophagous,a.|ænθrəʊˈpɒfəgəs| [f. L. anthrōpophagus(see anthropophagi) + -ous.] Man-eating, cannibal. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. (1858) 24 Shame, divine Shame, as yet a stranger to the Anthropophagous bosom.1842Blackw. Mag. LI. 18 The anthropophagous banquet of Thyestes.