单词 | anthropophaginian |
释义 | † anthropophaginiann. Obsolete. rare. A cannibal; = anthropophagus n.In quot. 1824 figurative: a ruthless or savage person. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating flesh or meat > cannibalism > cannibal cannibal1541 anthropophagusa1544 anthropophagite1555 Carib1555 men-eater1599 man-eater1600 anthropophaginian1602 Lestrigon1605 anthropophagist1650 anthropophagizer1854 Lestrigoniana1887 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iv. v. 8 Heele speak like an Antripophiginian [1623 Anthropophaginian] to thee. 1824 J. Boaden Inq. Authenticity Pictures & Prints 30 At last, collecting the artillery of his annoyance together, he devotes the whole tribe, like a true Anthropophaginian, to become a sacrifice to his humour. 1884 A. P. Hill Tales Colorado Pioneers lxiii. 307 Packer, the great American anthropophaginian, suffers the pangs of dread uncertainty in durance vile. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1602 |
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