sarcophagaladj.
/sɑːˈkɒfəɡəl/ rare.
1. Flesh-devouring, flesh-consuming.
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flesh-eating1592
meat-eatingc1598
flesh-consuming1603
flesh-devouring1609
sarcophagal1614
sarcophagous1755
cannibalistic1827
creatophagous1850
creophagous1881
non-vegetarian1883
non-veggie1985
1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket vi. 307 This naturall Balme..can (at vtmost)..giue a short and insensible preseruation to it [sc. the body], in the sarcophagall graue.
1905 Daily News 23 June 6 [A vegetarian] denounces my meat-eating habits as ‘cannibal’ and ‘sarcophagal’.
2. Represented on sarcophagi.
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sarcophagal1874
1874 W. H. Withrow Catacombs of Rome (1877) 292 The sarcophagal and other representations of this event.
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