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hippophagy|hɪˈpɒfədʒɪ|
[f. Gr. ἵππο-ς + -ϕαγία eating.]
The practice of eating horseflesh.
1828Webster cites Q. Rev. 1860Mrs. W. P. Byrne Undercurr. Overlooked II. 115 [Denmark] is perhaps the only country where prisoners are condemned to hippophagy. 1892County Gentlem. XXX. 103 Hippophagy has long been a recognized cult at Paris.
So hiˈppophagism = prec.; hiˈppophagist, an eater of horseflesh; hippophaˈgistical a., relating to hippophagy; hiˈppophagous a., eating horseflesh.
1828Webster, Hippophagous, feeding on horses, as the Tartars. 1856Sat. Rev. II. 485/2 It is..of little use that historians and travellers tell of hippophagists. 1869Baring-Gould Orig. Relig. Belief 118 The hippophagism of the Tartar and ancient Norseman sprang up from the necessities of a nomad life. 1881Graphic 10 Sept. 286 Sausage-makers of hippophagistical tendencies. |