cannibalicadj.
/ˌkanᵻˈbalɪk/, U.S. /ˌkænəˈbælɪk/ Of, relating to, or characteristic of a cannibal (in various senses) or cannibalism.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bloodthirstiness > [adjective]
bloodyeOE
bloodlyc1425
bloodthirsty1539
bloody-minded?1545
cannibal1555
blood-thirsting?1569
sanguinolent1577
blood-drinking1594
cannibalian1602
sword-minded1603
sanguisugous1615
sanguinary1623
sanguinarian1637
sanguinarious1654
sanguinous1663
sanguine1705
cannibalic?1795
cannibalish1796
cannibalistic1827
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > bloodthirstiness > [adjective]
bloodyeOE
bloodthirsty1539
bloody-minded?1545
cannibal1555
blood-thirsting?1569
bloodly1574
sanguinolent1577
blood-drinking1594
cannibalian1602
sword-minded1603
sanguisugous1615
sanguinary1623
sanguinarian1637
sanguinarious1654
sanguinous1663
sanguine1705
cannibalic?1795
cannibalish1796
cannibalistic1827
faggoty-minded1856
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating flesh > eating human flesh > relating to cannibals
cannibalian1602
cannibalic?1795
anthropophagistic1826
?1795 Gower's Patriotic Songster (ed. 2) 25 Cannibalic joys abound in Gallia's blood-polluted shore.
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxviii. 294 The fat youth gave a semi-cannibalic leer at Mr. Weller.
1886 J. S. Blackie What does Hist. Teach? 111 In this worse than cannibalic style.
1917 D. De Leon Berger's Hits & Misses 76 A slim minority of ‘persons more than 60 years old’ are proletarians—a damnable fact which betrays the cannibalic qualities of capitalism.
2012 Russia & CIS Gen. Newswire (Nexis) 23 Dec. A cannibalic law has been adopted. Our deputies have done enough for being included in the Magnitsky Act and they realize that.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.?1795