Anthropophagical

/ˌænθroʊpoʊfəˈdʒɪkəl/ adjective

Definition

Another form of anthropophagic; relating to the practice of eating human flesh; cannibalistic.

Etymology

From anthropophagic + -al (additional adjective suffix), showing how English stacks suffixes to create variant forms of the same concept.

Kelly Says

Notice how we have anthropophagic AND anthropophagical—English loved these doubled suffixes in older texts, making words sound more authoritative and scholarly (even if they meant the same thing).

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