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anthropophage

/ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.faʒ/

adjective/ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.faʒ/

man-eating, cannibalistic

Learned borrowing from Latin anthrōpophagus (“cannibal, man-eater”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνθρωποφάγος (anthrōpophágos). By surface analysis, anthropo- + -phage.

noun, masculine/feminine/ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.faʒ/plural: anthropophages

man-eater, cannibal

Learned borrowing from Latin anthrōpophagus (“cannibal, man-eater”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνθρωποφάγος (anthrōpophágos). By surface analysis, anthropo- + -phage.