anthropophagite

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English

Etymology

From anthropo- +‎ -phagite.

Noun

anthropophagite (plural anthropophagites)

  1. A cannibal.
    • a. 1752, Ralph Erskine, The Believer's Riddle:
      I'm no Anthropophagite rude,
      Tho' fed with human Flesh and Blood

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