Etymology

rypophagous

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Today it means: Eating filth. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ῥύπος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromῥύπος“filth”
  2. English todayrypophagous

From Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhúpos, “filth”) + -phagous.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekῥύπος all →

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