Middle English Dictionary Entry
antropofaǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | antropofaǧe n. |
| Etymology | L anthrōpophagus (var. antropofagus, and MF antropofage, anthropophage; ult. Gk. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A person who eats human flesh, cannibal.
Associated quotations
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)3.1709 (v.1:p.62) : O thou moste cruel beest, thou Marcian, O antropofage, which hast such wil Mannys flessh to eetyn, tel me the skil What wodenesse hath mevid thy mende?