† Lestrigonn.
Obsolete.
An inhuman monster, a cannibal.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bloodthirstiness > bloodthirsty person > [noun]
cannibal1563
Lestrigon1605
blood-drinker1630
fee-faw-fum1680
Lestrigoniana1887
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > bloodthirstiness > [noun] > bloodthirsty person
bloodhoundc1440
cannibal1563
blood-hunter1592
Lestrigon1605
fee-faw-fum1680
Lestrigoniana1887
blood-drinker1898
gorehound1920
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
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 204 Inhumane Monster, hatefull Lestrigon.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Lestrigons, a kind of giants or fierce people of Italy, often mentioned in the Odysses of Homer.
1693 J. Dryden in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiv. 274 Lest..their Sons should..become..Tyrants, Lestrigons, and Canibals to their Servants.
Derivatives
Lestriˈgonian n. in the same sense.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bloodthirstiness > bloodthirsty person > [noun]
cannibal1563
Lestrigon1605
blood-drinker1630
fee-faw-fum1680
Lestrigoniana1887
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > bloodthirstiness > [noun] > bloodthirsty person
bloodhoundc1440
cannibal1563
blood-hunter1592
Lestrigon1605
fee-faw-fum1680
Lestrigoniana1887
blood-drinker1898
gorehound1920
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
a1887 R. Jefferies Field & Hedgerow (1889) 70 They were perfect cannibals with the tongue, perfect Lestrigonians.
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