phthirophagousadj.

Brit.

/(f)θʌɪˈrɒfəɡəs/, U.S.

/θaɪˈrɑfəɡəs/

Forms: 1800s phtheirophagous, 1800s phthiriophagous, 1900s– phthirophagous.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin Phthīrophagī lice-eaters, the name given to a tribe living near the Black Sea ( < Hellenistic Greek Φθειροϕάγοι < ancient Greek ϕθείρ louse (see phthiriasis n.) + -ϕάγος eating: see -phagous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare French phthirophage (1838 or earlier).In form phtheirophagous after Hellenistic Greek Φθειροϕάγοι.

rare.

Louse-eating. Also figurative (in depreciative use).

ΘΚΠ

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

offivorous1713

ornithivorous1857

phthirophagous1858

ovivorous1865

1585 A. Golding tr. P. Mela Worke of Cosmographer 33 The vpland Countrie is inhabited by the Sepolites, Coraxes, Phthirophagies, Eniochyes, Achaeans, and Cercetikes.]

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 951/1 Phthiriophagous.

1886 F. H. H. Guillemard Cruise Marchesa II. 263 These Alfuros were phtheirophagous, going over the dense mat adorning their heads with the most praiseworthy perseverance.

1899 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 Nov. 1278 Lice..caused little inconvenience and afforded employment to the phtheirophagous natives.

2000 Take our Word for It (Electronic text) No. 86 (O.E.D. Archive) I had a brief conversation regarding our phthirophagous politicians and their habit of treating our national treasury as if they had all been bdellatomised.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phthirophagous
释义	phthirophagousadj. Brit. /(f)θʌɪˈrɒfəɡəs/, U.S. /θaɪˈrɑfəɡəs/ Forms: 1800s phtheirophagous, 1800s phthiriophagous, 1900s– phthirophagous. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Phthīrophagī , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Phthīrophagī lice-eaters, the name given to a tribe living near the Black Sea ( < Hellenistic Greek Φθειροϕάγοι < ancient Greek ϕθείρ louse (see phthiriasis n.) + -ϕάγος eating: see -phagous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare French phthirophage (1838 or earlier).In form phtheirophagous after Hellenistic Greek Φθειροϕάγοι. rare. Louse-eating. Also figurative (in depreciative use). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating flesh > eating other kinds of flesh offivorous1713 ornithivorous1857 phthirophagous1858 ovivorous1865 1585 A. Golding tr. P. Mela Worke of Cosmographer 33 The vpland Countrie is inhabited by the Sepolites, Coraxes, Phthirophagies, Eniochyes, Achaeans, and Cercetikes.] 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 951/1 Phthiriophagous. 1886 F. H. H. Guillemard Cruise Marchesa II. 263 These Alfuros were phtheirophagous, going over the dense mat adorning their heads with the most praiseworthy perseverance. 1899 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 Nov. 1278 Lice..caused little inconvenience and afforded employment to the phtheirophagous natives. 2000 Take our Word for It (Electronic text) No. 86 (O.E.D. Archive) I had a brief conversation regarding our phthirophagous politicians and their habit of treating our national treasury as if they had all been bdellatomised. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1858
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