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sarcophilous

sarcophilous adjective: having an affinity or fondness for flesh.

Adjective

sarcophilous (comparative more sarcophilous, superlative most sarcophilous)

  1. Having an affinity or fondness for flesh.
    • Mr. A. E. Ellis is of the opinion that it is sarcophilous, being so abundant amongst bones in old graves; Gray (1840, 192) refers to its presence in Saxon coffins.1965, Journal of Conchology, volume 25, page 284
    • Indian Romeos […] have yielded to the temptation to pat, feel, pinch and brush against the more irresistible and accessible portions of women who come within discreet cop-a-feel distance.
      However sarcophilous the Indian gentlemen are, the ladies are taking umbrage to such familiarity and have...1974, Black Belt, volume 12, number 4, page 11

Forms of sarcophilous

comparativemore sarcophilous
superlativemost sarcophilous

Origin of sarcophilous

From sarco- + -philous.

Questions about sarcophilous

What does sarcophilous mean?
Sarcophilous means having an affinity or fondness for flesh.
What part of speech is sarcophilous?
Sarcophilous is an adjective.

Words near sarcophilous in the dictionary

  1. sarcophagy
  2. sarcophile
  3. sarcophiles
  4. sarcophiline
  5. sarcophilines
  6. sarcophilous
  7. sarcophytol
  8. sarcophytols
  9. sarcophytoxide
  10. sarcophytoxides
  11. sarcopilin

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