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Definition of Anthropophagus
1. Noun. A person who eats human flesh.
Generic synonyms: Barbarian, Savage
Derivative terms: Anthropophagous, Cannibalic, Cannibalise, Cannibalistic, Cannibalize
Definition of Anthropophagus
1. Noun. A man-eater, cannibal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anthropophagus
1. [n -GI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthropophagus
Literary usage of Anthropophagus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1835)
"He may or he may not uniformly become an anthropophagus, for I kenna what an
anthropophagus is ; but as to preferring human flesh to ony ither, that dependa ..."
2. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1854)
"... "but much as you may have heard us maligned, believe me, we are not quite so
bad as the Great anthropophagus." " He will improve you," I observed, ..."
3. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg (1863)
"... becomes an anthropophagus ? ... He may or he may not uniformly become an
anthropophagus, for I kenna what an ..."
4. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1866)
"Pr.ay, James, is it true that your Lion prefers human flesh to any other—nay,
after once tasting it, that he uni formly becomes an anthropophagus ? ..."
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