单词 | anthropophagite |
释义 | anthropophagiten. A devourer of human flesh; a cannibal; = anthropophagus n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating flesh or meat > cannibalism > cannibal cannibal1541 anthropophagusa1544 anthropophagite1555 Carib1555 men-eater1599 man-eater1600 anthropophaginian1602 Lestrigon1605 anthropophagist1650 anthropophagizer1854 Lestrigoniana1887 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. ix. sig. Niiiiv The Antropophagites [L. Antropophagi]..of all menne, are the worste condicioned, without lawe, or officer. 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. H2v Art not famous enough yet,..but thou must eate men aliue?..thou Anthropophagite. 1734 R. Erskine Gospel Sonnets (ed. 4) iii. 156 I'm no Anthropophagite rude, Tho' fed with human Flesh and Blood,..My Food's all Spirit, all divine. 1767 J. Hanway Lett. Importance Rising Generation II. vii. 33 In this instance we have been in the next degree to the anthropophagite. 1822 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 53 103 That bread is not human flesh, and that they will never turn Anthropophagites. 1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. iii. xvi. 335 The thoroughbred Anthropophagite usually begins with his own relations. 1922 N. Thompson tr. A. Le Roy Relig. of Primitives v. 169 The most disgusting anthropophagites at present in the world. 2002 N.Y. Times 4 Oct. (New Eng. Final ed.) b1/4 The best known anthropophagite since Grendel stalked the world of Beowulf. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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