cannibalishadj.

Brit.

/ˈkanᵻbəlɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈkænəbəlɪʃ/

Forms: 1700s canniballish, 1800s– cannibalish.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cannibal n., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < cannibal n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier cannibalian adj., cannibalistical adj., and also cannibalic adj.Compare German kannibalisch (16th cent. as canibalisch).

Relating to or suggestive of cannibalism; (also) predisposed to cannibalism.

ΘΚΠ

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

1796 G. D. Harley Poems 157 Off thy own kit, in canniballish spleen, Thou hast not scrupled hunger to appease.

1837 New Monthly Mag. 49 522 It is rather a cannibalish proceeding.

1899 Baily's Mag. Sept. 204/2 These monsters are probably but overgrown trout, which have taken to cannibalish ways..and are now huge, ugly, piratical brutes.

1929 L. M. Montgomery Magic for Marigold xi. 158 Lazarre added that she ‘lived on’ her relations; by which cannibalish statement he meant that Aunt Josephine was fonder of visiting round than of staying home.

2012 Lancs. Evening Post (Nexis) 29 May Baskets, their myriad nooks and crannies snaring patches and pockets of secret recipe batter, morsels in great demand among the cannibalish urban pigeon crowd.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cannibalish
释义	cannibalishadj. Brit. /ˈkanᵻbəlɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈkænəbəlɪʃ/ Forms: 1700s canniballish, 1800s– cannibalish. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cannibal n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < cannibal n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier cannibalian adj., cannibalistical adj., and also cannibalic adj.Compare German kannibalisch (16th cent. as canibalisch). Relating to or suggestive of cannibalism; (also) predisposed to cannibalism. ΘΚΠ 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 1796 G. D. Harley Poems 157 Off thy own kit, in canniballish spleen, Thou hast not scrupled hunger to appease. 1837 New Monthly Mag. 49 522 It is rather a cannibalish proceeding. 1899 Baily's Mag. Sept. 204/2 These monsters are probably but overgrown trout, which have taken to cannibalish ways..and are now huge, ugly, piratical brutes. 1929 L. M. Montgomery Magic for Marigold xi. 158 Lazarre added that she ‘lived on’ her relations; by which cannibalish statement he meant that Aunt Josephine was fonder of visiting round than of staying home. 2012 Lancs. Evening Post (Nexis) 29 May Baskets, their myriad nooks and crannies snaring patches and pockets of secret recipe batter, morsels in great demand among the cannibalish urban pigeon crowd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1796
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