hippophagy

American  

[hi-pof-uh-jee] / hɪˈpɒf ə dʒi /

Or hippophagism

noun

1. the practice of eating horseflesh.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• hippophagous
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of hippophagy

First recorded in 1820–30; hippo- + -phagy

Example Sentences

Horse-eating, or hippophagy, became popular in Europe in the 19th century, when famines caused several governments to license horse butcheries.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2011

While Americans wanted no part of hippophagy, they were perfectly willing to supply the raw materials.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2011

U.S. hippophagy seems to have reached its high point during and shortly after World War II, because of domestic shortages of other, more conventional meats.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2011

There is heroism as well as vulgarity in laughter saluting death and patience, hippophagy and cannibalism, ugliness and deprivation.

From George Cruikshank by Chesson, W. H.

Thence ensued a misunderstanding on the subject of hippophagy, which was curious both as showing the general use of signs as a practice and the diversity in special signs for particular meanings.

From Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 by Mallery, Garrick