anthropophagi

[an-thruh-pof-uh-jahy, -gahy]

plural noun, singular an·thro·poph·a·gus

[an-thruh-pof-uh-guh s] /ˌæn θrəˈpɒf ə gəs/.

eaters of human flesh; cannibals.

Origin of anthropophagi

1545–55; < Latin, plural of anthrōpophagus cannibal < Greek anthrōpophágos man-eating. See anthropo-, -phage, -phagous

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Related Words for anthropophagi

savage, ogre, primitive, brute, aborigine, ruffian, anthropophagite, ogress, head-hunter

Examples from the Web for anthropophagi

Historical Examples of anthropophagi

Besides, the Indians of these regions were not anthropophagi.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers
Jules Verne
Are they anthropophagi, or are they of a friendly disposition?
The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election
Robert Wallace
Mr. Petit has a learned dissertation on the nature and manners of the Anthropophagi.
The Book of Curiosities
I. Platts
Among other things, he disputes whether or no the Anthropophagi act contrary to nature?
The Book of Curiosities
I. Platts
I found myself, in a word, to be fed up like a prisoner in a camp of anthropophagi, and honoured like the sacrificial bull.
St. Ives
Robert Louis Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for anthropophagi

anthropophagi

pl n singular -gus (-ɡəs)

cannibals

Word Origin for anthropophagi

C16: from Latin, from Greek anthrōpophagos; see anthropo-, -phagy

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