omophagousadj.

Brit.

/ə(ʊ)ˈmɒfəɡəs/, U.S.

/oʊˈmɑfəɡəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ὠμοϕάγος , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ὠμοϕάγος eating raw flesh ( < ὠμος raw (see omophagia n.) + -ϕάγος : see -phagous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare slightly earlier omophagean adj., and later omophagic adj.

Relating to or characterized by omophagy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating flesh > eating raw flesh

omophagous1857

omophagic1869

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Omophagus, living on raw food: omophagous.

1882 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 569 That redoubtable friend of Mr. Freeman the omophagous Teutonic colonist.

1984 C. Rawson in J. P. Strelka Lit. Theory & Crit. Festschrift II. 1176 Achilles..whose valour and ferocity come close to omophagous and cannibal savagery.

1998 M. Warner No Go Bogeyman (2000) vi. 146 Voracious at the breast, the child does drink his mother's substance in a form of omophagous consumption of like by like.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	omophagous
释义	omophagousadj. Brit. /ə(ʊ)ˈmɒfəɡəs/, U.S. /oʊˈmɑfəɡəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ὠμοϕάγος , -ous suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek ὠμοϕάγος eating raw flesh ( < ὠμος raw (see omophagia n.) + -ϕάγος : see -phagous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare slightly earlier omophagean adj., and later omophagic adj. Relating to or characterized by omophagy. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating flesh > eating raw flesh omophagous1857 omophagic1869 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Omophagus, living on raw food: omophagous. 1882 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 569 That redoubtable friend of Mr. Freeman the omophagous Teutonic colonist. 1984 C. Rawson in J. P. Strelka Lit. Theory & Crit. Festschrift II. 1176 Achilles..whose valour and ferocity come close to omophagous and cannibal savagery. 1998 M. Warner No Go Bogeyman (2000) vi. 146 Voracious at the breast, the child does drink his mother's substance in a form of omophagous consumption of like by like. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1857
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