Meanings
adjectiveman-eating (not comparable)
alternative maneating
- not comparableInclined to eat human flesh; that attacks and kills humans for food.
[T]he den of a man-eating tiger, or a mad dog, could not be more dreaded.
1852 May 12, The Sydney Morning Herald, page 3, column 22 more examples
The Lumbardar scouted the idea; the only man-eating leopard in those parts has been killed by the valorous sahib-thanks be to Allah!
1879 July 5, The Mercury and Weekly Courier, page 3, column 8"As a matter of fact my thoughts were flashing between Ronda and that man-eating tiger I'm going to bag tomorrow."
1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 147
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀνθρωποφάγος, φαγάνθρωπος
- ἀνθρωποφάγος (anthrōpophágos)inclined to eat human flesh
- φαγάνθρωπος (phagánthrōpos)inclined to eat human flesh
Finnish ihmisiä syövä, ihmissyöjä-
- ihmisiä syöväinclined to eat human flesh
- ihmissyöjä-inclined to eat human flesh
German menschenfressend
- menschenfressendinclined to eat human flesh
Greek ανθρωποφάγος, ανθρωποβόρος
- ανθρωποφάγος (anthropofágos)inclined to eat human flesh
- ανθρωποβόρος (anthropovóros)inclined to eat human flesh
Icelandic mannætu-
- mannætu-inclined to eat human flesh
Italian antropofago, cannibale
- antropofagoinclined to eat human flesh
- cannibaleinclined to eat human flesh
Spanish comehombre
- comehombreinclined to eat human flesh
Swahili mla-watu
- mla-watuinclined to eat human flesh
Welsh dynfwytaol
- dynfwytaolinclined to eat human flesh
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Chicago
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