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opsophagoi

opsophagoi is the plural of opsophagos.

Meaning of opsophagos

Noun

opsophagos (plural opsophagoi)

  1. (historical, literary) A glutton, a gourmand, chiefly one who hogs and eats excessive amounts of fish.
    • How does this help us with the opsophagoi listed by Athenaeus′ comic poets and anecdotalists and their feats of consumption?1995, John Wilkins, David Harvey, Mike Dobson, Food in Antiquity, page 209

Questions about opsophagoi

What is opsophagoi the plural of?
Opsophagoi is the plural of opsophagos.

Words near opsophagoi in the dictionary

  1. opsonophagocytotic
  2. opsonophilia
  3. opsonophilic
  4. opsonotherapy
  5. opsony
  6. opsophagoi
  7. opsophagos
  8. OPSS
  9. opster
  10. Opsterland
  11. opsters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: opsophagoi (page history and authors); opsophagos (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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