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‖ anthropophagi, n. pl.|-ˈpɒfədʒaɪ|
Also 6 -ie, -y, 7 -ue.
[L., pl. of anthrōpophagus, a. Gr. ἀνθρωποϕάγ-ος man-eating, cannibal, f. ἄνθρωπος man + ϕαγεῖν to eat.]
Men-eaters, cannibals. More rarely in sing. anthropophagus.
1552B. Gilpin Serm. bef. Edw. VI, (T.) Histories make mention of a people called anthropophagi, men-eaters. 1598Marston Pygmalion ii. (1764) 144 Take heede O world..Of these same damned Anthropophagy. 1604Shakes. Oth. i. iii. 144 The Canibals that each others eate, The Antropophague. 1624in Shaks. Cent. Praise 159 (title) Anthropophagus: the Man-Eater. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., M. Petit..disputes whether or no the Anthropophagi act contrary to nature. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. (1858) 23 That same hair-mantled, flint-hurling Aboriginal Anthropophagus. 1837J. D. Lang New S. Wales I. 386 A poor New Zealander, whose forefathers had from time immemorial been anthropophagi. |