Meanings
nounpedophagy (uncountable)
- uncountableThe eating of children.
Even feeding them to their own father is not enough; Atreus complains that he really ought to have planned better and made sure Thyestes knew what he was eating. The ultimate audience for the pedophagy is Thyestes himself.
2014, Emily Wilson, The Greatest Empire: A Life of Seneca
Origin
From pedo- (“child”) + -phagy.
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pedophagy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedophagy
MLA
“pedophagy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedophagy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pedophagy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedophagy.
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