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单词 anthropophagous
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anthropophagousadj.

Brit. /ˌanθrəˈpɒfəɡəs/, U.S. /ˌænθrəˈpɑfəɡəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἀνθρωποϕάγος , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ἀνθρωποϕάγος (see anthropophagus n.) + -ous suffix; compare -phagous comb. form.
Of or relating to anthropophagy; that eats human flesh; esp. 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
man-eating1607
men-eating1634
anthropophagous1703
feminivorous1820
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1703 T. Brown et al. Contin. Lett. from Dead to Living (new ed.) 23 Antivermatic Powder..so famous for killing and bringing away all sorts of Worms incident to human Bodies,..and dissolving the Phlegmatic Crudities that produce those Anthropophagous Vermine.
1760 T. Jefferys Nat. & Civil Hist. French Dominions N. & S. Amer. II. 2 Carribeans, or Cannibals, a fierce and anthropophagous generation.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. v. 14/2 Shame, divine Shame.., as yet a stranger to the Anthropophagous bosom.
1842 T. De Quincey Philos. Herodotus in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 18/1 The anthropophagous banquet of Thyestes.
1892 P. Mantegazza Physiognomy & Expression xiii. 177 At the sight of the gallows..you will see certain involuntary spasms of sanguinary voluptuousness which will recall our anthropophagous ancestors.
1915 T. Whiffen North-west Amazons viii. 124 It is certainly worth noting in connection with the anthropophagous practices of these tribes that they have almost no salt.
1999 T. M. Ernst in L. R. Goldman Anthropol. Cannibalism vii. 147 The victims of anthropophagous activities included—and most usually were—accused and executed sorcerers or witches.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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