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单词 anthropophagic
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anthropophagicadj.

Brit. /ˌanθrəpəˈfeɪdʒɪk/, U.S. /ˌænθrəpəˈfeɪdʒɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: anthropo- comb. form, -phagic comb. form.
Etymology: < anthropo- comb. form + -phagic comb. form, after anthropophagy n. Compare ancient Greek ἀνθρωποϕάγος (see anthropophagus n.), post-classical Latin anthropophagicus (1584 or earlier), French anthropophagique (1812 or earlier). Compare earlier anthropophagical adj., anthropophagous adj.
Of or relating to anthropophagy; cannibalistic.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating flesh > eating human flesh > relating to cannibalism
cannibalistical1642
Thyestean1667
anthropophagical1795
anthropophagic1818
1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 573/2 The poor shepherd is..eat [sic] alive by his two enemies with a ferocious joy, and screams of a most anthropophagic ecstasy.
1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. I. vi. 200 The warlike anthropophagic Carib.
1917 Illustr. World Mar. 80 The natives yet cherish their anthropophagic appetites.
1998 M. Warner No Go Bogeyman (2000) xiv. 304 Fully invested with classical and Christian anthropophagic and hellish traits, the ogres of fairy tales..become roundly comic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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