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Definition of anthropophagi

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noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of anthropophagus
    “Histories make mention of a people called Anthropophagi, eaters of men.”
    “It was my hent to ſpeake, ſuch was the proceſſe: And of the Cannibals, that each other eate; The Anthropophagie, and men whoſe heads Doe grow beneath their ſhoulders: […]”
    “A poor New Zealander, whose forefathers had from time immemorial been anthropophagi.”

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Etymology

From Latin anthrōpophagī, the plural of anthrōpophagus, from Ancient Greek ἀνθρωποφάγος (anthrōpophágos, “man-eating”). First attested in 1581, as an ethnonym. Use of the singular anthropophagus is rare.

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