Cannibalistic
/kæn.ə.bəˈlɪs.tɪk/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Tending toward cannibalism.
Adjective
- 1 characteristic of cannibals or exhibiting cannibalism wordnet
Example
More examples"This snail species is cannibalistic."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Cariban *kariponader. Spanish caribeder. Spanish caríbalder. Spanish caníbalbor. English cannibal Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English cannibalistic From cannibal + -istic.