Meanings
- not comparableWho practices anthropophagy; cannibalistic.
an anthropophagous tribe
2 more examples
The bullet struck her in the back and killed her, and to this day I am glad that it did, for, as it afterwards transpired, she had availed herself of the anthropophagous customs of the Amahagger to organise the whole thing in revenge of the slight put upon her by Job.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLCMan-eating lions, tigers, and crocodiles have been extensively treated in historical and fictional literature, and elaborate attempts have been made to halt their anthropophagous habits.
1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 16
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓́νθρωπος (ắnthrōpos)
- Englishanthropo-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂g-
- Ancient Greekἔφαγον (éphagon)
- Englishanthropophagous
Translations
Italian antropofago
- antropofagoanthropophagous
Portuguese antropófago
- antropófagoanthropophagous
Cite this entry
anthropophagous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthropophagous
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