Androphagous

/ænˈdrɒfəɡəs/ adjective

Definition

Eating or feeding on human flesh; cannibalistic.

Etymology

From Greek 'andros' (man) + 'phagos' (eating). First appears in learned English texts in the 17th century, derived from classical sources describing mythical peoples.

Kelly Says

Ancient Greeks and Romans used 'androphagous' to describe distant peoples they feared, but modern anthropology shows this was mostly racist exaggeration—cannibalism was far rarer than the fearful colonizers claimed.

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