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anthropophagite

[an-thruh-pof-uh-jahyt]
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noun
  1. an eater of human flesh; cannibal.
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Origin of anthropophagite

1595–1605; < Latin anthrōpophag(us) (see anthropophagi) + -ite1
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British Dictionary definitions for anthropophagite

anthropophagite

noun
  1. a rare word for cannibal
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Derived Formsanthropophagy (ˌænθrəˈpɒfədʒɪ), nounanthropophagic (ˌænθrəpəˈfædʒɪk), adjectiveanthropophagous, adjective
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