anthropophagite
English
Etymology
From anthropo- + -phagite.
Noun
anthropophagite (plural anthropophagites)
- A cannibal.
- a. 1752, Ralph Erskine, The Believer's Riddle:
- I'm no Anthropophagite rude,
Tho' fed with human Flesh and Blood
References
- “anthropophagite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.