Anthropophagist
/ˌænθrəˈpɒfədʒɪst/noun
A person or creature that eats human flesh.
Did you know?Anthropophagos was a term in ancient Greek literature for cannibal peoples, and the word’s root *phagein* also survives in scientific terms like phagocyte, where it still means “to eat.”
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
GRK
anthrōpophagos
“human-eating; a person or creature that eats human flesh”
Late Latin
LAT
anthropophagus
“a cannibal or man-eater”
Middle English
ENG
anthropophagie
“cannibalism; man-eating”
16th Century
ENG
anthropophagist
“a cannibal; one who eats human flesh”
Modern English
ENG
anthropophagist
“a person who eats human flesh”
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