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anthropophagite

[ an-thruh-pof-uh-jahyt ]

noun

  1. an eater of human flesh; cannibal.


anthropophagite

/ ˌænθrəpəˈfædʒɪk; ˌænθrəˈpɒfədʒɪ; ˌænθrəˈpɒfəˌɡaɪt /

noun

  1. a rare word for cannibal
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԳٳˈDZ󲹲dzܲ, adjective
  • anthropophagy, noun
  • anthropophagic, adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of anthropophagite1

1595–1605; < Latin ԳٳōDZ󲹲 ( us ) ( anthropophagi ) + -ite 1
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The anthropophagites on “The Walking Dead” on Sunday didn’t discriminate between Daryl the redneck and Rick, a sheriff’s deputy.

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Are not all those sovereigns, who to gratify the vanity of the priesthood, torment and persecute their subjects, who sacrifice to their anthropophagite gods human victims, men whom superstitious zeal has converted into tygers?

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