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pedophagy

pedophagy noun: the eating of children.

Noun

pedophagy (uncountable)

  1. The eating of children.
    • Even feeding them to their own father is not enough; Atreus complains that he really ought to have planned better and made sure Thyestes knew what he was eating. The ultimate audience for the pedophagy is Thyestes himself.2014, Emily Wilson, The Greatest Empire: A Life of Seneca

Origin of pedophagy

From pedo- (“child”) + -phagy.

Questions about pedophagy

What does pedophagy mean?
Pedophagy means the eating of children.
What part of speech is pedophagy?
Pedophagy is a noun.

Words near pedophagy in the dictionary

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

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