† cannibalityn.
Obsolete.
The practice of eating the flesh of one's own kind; = cannibalism n. 1.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bloodthirstiness > [noun]
bloodthirstiness?1568
bloodthirst1574
cannibalism1634
bloody-mindedness1638
sanguinolency1664
sanguinariness1689
acharnement1756
cannibality1796
bloodlust1848
sanguinolence1891
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
1796 Monthly Mag. May 294 Cannibality, or man-eating, has always existed as a condition and practice of mankind.
1817 J. Shillibeer Narr. Briton's Voy. Pitcairn's Island iv. 38 When I made an incursion into the interior of their country, I could not perceive the least trace of cannibality among them.
1911 C. Mackenzie Passionate Elopement xvi. 153 My dear Charles, pray do not gnaw your fingers. Narcissus admired himself, 'tis true, but without carrying his devotion to cannibality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018).
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