Anthropophagi

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of anthropophagus form-of, plural

    "Histories make mention of a people called Anthropophagi, eaters of men."

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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