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pedophagic

pedophagic adjective: engaging in, involving, or related to the eating of children.

Adjective

pedophagic (not comparable)

  1. Engaging in, involving, or related to the eating of children.
    • However, Annable represents on his part the masculine aspect of the uroboros, the pedophagic father of archetypal mythology, the Moloch figure, and is thus equally as dangerous and destructive as his female counterpart.1987, Barbara A. Miliaras, Pillar of Flame: The Mythological Foundations of D. H. Lawrence's Sexual Philosophy, Peter Lang, published 1987, →ISBN, page 82
    • The description of the preparation of the children for the play's pedophagic banquet recalls the Messenger's description in Seneca's Thyestes, […]1997, A. J. Boyle, Tragic Seneca: An Essay in the Theatrical Tradition, Routledge, published 1997, →ISBN

Origin of pedophagic

From pedo- (“child”) + -phagic.

Questions about pedophagic

What does pedophagic mean?
Pedophagic means engaging in, involving, or related to the eating of children.
What part of speech is pedophagic?
Pedophagic is an adjective.

Words near pedophagic in the dictionary

  1. Pedone
  2. Pedones
  3. pedons
  4. pedopathy
  5. pedophage
  6. pedophagic
  7. pedophagy
  8. pedophilaphobia
  9. pedophile
  10. pedophile phobia
  11. Pedophile-in-Chief

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