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单词 anthropophagical
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anthropophagicaladj.

Brit. /ˌanθrəpəˈfeɪdʒɪkl/, U.S. /ˌænθrəpəˈfeɪdʒɪk(ə)l/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἀνθρωποϕάγος , -ical suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ἀνθρωποϕάγος (see anthropophagus n.) + -ical suffix. Compare earlier anthropophagous adj. and later anthropophagic adj. (and the French parallel cited at the latter entry).
Now rare.
Of or relating to anthropophagy; cannibalistic; = anthropophagic adj.In quot. 1795 apparently in extended use: bloodthirsty, savage.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating flesh > eating human flesh > relating to cannibalism
cannibalistical1642
Thyestean1667
anthropophagical1795
anthropophagic1818
1795 H. M. Williams Lett. Sketch Politics France II. iii. 120 Certain anthropophagical measures announced by Barrere.
1833 Blackwood's Mag. 34 562 Some anthropophagical tribes of the Indian Seas.
1891 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Daily Tribune 6 Mar. 2/4 The soldier claims the body for his own, and bears it away for the delectation of himself and his anthropophagical comrades.
1918 H. R. Whitehouse Life of Lamartine I. xxiii. 287 Some held that the verse proved without a doubt that Count Ugolino had devoured his dead children: others..indignantly refuted such anthropophagical accusations.
1955 Amer. Hist. Rev. 60 469 Occasional hints that some natives were slow to abandon their anthropophagical habits.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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