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hippophagism

hippophagism noun: the eating of horsemeat.

Noun

hippophagism (uncountable)

  1. The eating of horsemeat.
    • In Germany, he [Satan] has a horse's and not a cloven foot, because the horse was a frequent pagan sacrifice, and therefore associated with devil-worship under the new dispensation. Hence the horror of hippophagism which some French gastronomes are striving to overcome.1870, James Russell Lowell, “Witchcraft”, in Among My Books, Boston, Mass.: Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, pages 109–110

Origin of hippophagism

From hippophage + -ism.

Questions about hippophagism

What does hippophagism mean?
Hippophagism means the eating of horsemeat.
What part of speech is hippophagism?
Hippophagism is a noun.

Words near hippophagism in the dictionary

  1. hippopede
  2. hippopedes
  3. hippophage
  4. hippophages
  5. hippophagi
  6. hippophagism
  7. hippophagist
  8. hippophagistic
  9. hippophagists
  10. hippophagous
  11. hippophagy

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