anthropophagi

American  

[an-thruh-pof-uh-jahy, -gahy] / ˌæn θrəˈpɒf əˌdʒaɪ, -ˌgaɪ /

plural noun

singular

anthropophagus

1. eaters of human flesh; cannibals.

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anthropophagi British  

/ ˌænθrəˈpɒfəˌɡaɪ /

plural noun

1. cannibals

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Etymology

Origin of anthropophagi

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

Example Sentences

The book mostly takes place in and around the Vorrh, an uncharted and unknowable forest in Africa filled with John of Mandeville’s anthropophagi and other unknown monsters.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2015

Bull Neck allowed his head to sink still farther into the vast bulk of his immense torso, strangely resembling, in this position, the fabled anthropophagi whose heads are reputed thus to "grow beneath their shoulders."

From Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Train, Arthur Cheney

Are they anthropophagi, or are they of a friendly disposition?

From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert

Yes," he replied, "and beyond the Delectable Mountains, on the far slope, lies Prester John's Kingdom, and there dwell anthropophagi, and men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders.

From Tales of Fantasy and Fact by Matthews, Brander

And if we fell among anthropophagi, would not our love of approbation make us long to be as succulent as young pigs?

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney