anthropophagyn.

Brit.

/ˌanθrəˈpɒfədʒi/, U.S.

/ˌænθrəˈpɑfədʒi/

Forms: 1600s anthropophagie, 1600s anthropophogie, 1600s– anthropophagy.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French anthropophagie.

Etymology: < French anthropophagie cannibalism (16th cent. in Middle French) < post-classical Latin anthropophagia (5th cent.) < ancient Greek ἀνθρωποϕαγία < ἀνθρωποϕάγος (see anthropophagus n.) + -ία -y suffix³. Compare Spanish antropofagía (1589; rare before 19th cent.).

The practice of eating human flesh; cannibalism.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating flesh or meat > cannibalism

anthropophagy1609

cannibalism1634

cannibality1796

anthropophagism1798

1609 P. Erondelle tr. M. Lescarbot Noua Francia ii. v. 159 The Brasilians..are so blind in and hardned in their anthropophagie.

1638 D. Featley Transubstant. Exploded 83 Which makes Anthropophagie or man eating so horrible a crime.

1733 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations IV. 471 The Anthropophagy of these People is remarkable: For they not only eat their Enemies, but publickly vend their human Flesh.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The Greek writers represent Anthropophagy as universal before Orpheus.

1861 F. B. Goodrich Flirtation iii. 52 Well, sir, a man that will..apologize for anthropophagy, is not fit company for my wife and daughter.

1882 Athenæum 7 Oct. 457 Although human sacrifices take place..anthropophagy, as usually understood, is not practised.

1903 W. D. Howells Lett. Home xx. 127 When you saw her ‘eyes of sumptuous expectation’ fixed on him, as if..she could eat him, your generous instinct would find the anthropophagy divine.

1999 S. Jones Almost like Whale vii. 178 In some of the sixty cultures known to have practised anthropophagy, corpses were the second most important source of meat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anthropophagy
释义	anthropophagyn. Brit. /ˌanθrəˈpɒfədʒi/, U.S. /ˌænθrəˈpɑfədʒi/ Forms: 1600s anthropophagie, 1600s anthropophogie, 1600s– anthropophagy. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French anthropophagie. Etymology: < French anthropophagie cannibalism (16th cent. in Middle French) < post-classical Latin anthropophagia (5th cent.) < ancient Greek ἀνθρωποϕαγία < ἀνθρωποϕάγος (see anthropophagus n.) + -ία -y suffix³. Compare Spanish antropofagía (1589; rare before 19th cent.). The practice of eating human flesh; cannibalism. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating flesh or meat > cannibalism anthropophagy1609 cannibalism1634 cannibality1796 anthropophagism1798 1609 P. Erondelle tr. M. Lescarbot Noua Francia ii. v. 159 The Brasilians..are so blind in and hardned in their anthropophagie. 1638 D. Featley Transubstant. Exploded 83 Which makes Anthropophagie or man eating so horrible a crime. 1733 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations IV. 471 The Anthropophagy of these People is remarkable: For they not only eat their Enemies, but publickly vend their human Flesh. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The Greek writers represent Anthropophagy as universal before Orpheus. 1861 F. B. Goodrich Flirtation iii. 52 Well, sir, a man that will..apologize for anthropophagy, is not fit company for my wife and daughter. 1882 Athenæum 7 Oct. 457 Although human sacrifices take place..anthropophagy, as usually understood, is not practised. 1903 W. D. Howells Lett. Home xx. 127 When you saw her ‘eyes of sumptuous expectation’ fixed on him, as if..she could eat him, your generous instinct would find the anthropophagy divine. 1999 S. Jones Almost like Whale vii. 178 In some of the sixty cultures known to have practised anthropophagy, corpses were the second most important source of meat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1609
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