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anthropophagus

anthropophagus noun: a man-eater; a cannibal.

Noun

anthropophagus (plural anthropophagi)

  1. A man-eater; a cannibal.
    • Reader, the heaven-inspired melodious Singer; loftiest Serene Highness; nay thy own amber-locked, snow-and-rose-bloom Maiden, worthy to glide sylphlike almost on air, whom thou lovest, worshippest as a divine Presence, which, indeed, symbolically taken, she is,—has descended, like thyself, from...1831, Thomas Carlyle, “The World in Clothes”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 26

Forms of anthropophagus

pluralanthropophagi

Origin of anthropophagus

Borrowed from Latin anthrōpophagus.

Questions about anthropophagus

What does anthropophagus mean?
Anthropophagus means a man-eater; a cannibal.
What part of speech is anthropophagus?
Anthropophagus is a noun.
What is the plural of anthropophagus?
The plural of anthropophagus is anthropophagi.

Words near anthropophagus in the dictionary

  1. anthropophagizes
  2. anthropophagizing
  3. anthropophagolagnia
  4. anthropophagous
  5. anthropophagously
  6. anthropophagus
  7. anthropophagy
  8. anthropophilia
  9. anthropophilic
  10. anthropophilous
  11. anthropophily

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