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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANTHROPOPHAGI

From Latin, from Greek anthrōpophagos.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTHROPOPHAGI

anthropophagi  [ˌænθrəˈpɒfəˌɡaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTHROPOPHAGI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anthropophagi is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANTHROPOPHAGI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Anthropophage

An anthropophage or anthropophagus was a member of a mythical race of cannibals described first by Herodotus in his Histories as androphagi, and later by other authors, including the playwright William Shakespeare. The word first appears in English around 1552. In popular culture, the anthropophagus is sometimes depicted as a being without a head, but instead have their faces on the torso. This may be a misinterpretation based on Shakespeare's writings in Othello, where the anthropophagi are mistaken to be described by the immediate following line, "and men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders." In reality, the line actually refers to a separate, different race of mythical beings known as the Blemmyes, who are indeed said to have no head, and have their facial features on the chest.

Definition of anthropophagi in the English dictionary

The definition of anthropophagi in the dictionary is cannibals.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTHROPOPHAGI


assagai
ˈæsəˌɡaɪ
assegai
ˈæsəˌɡaɪ
fungi
ˈfʌŋɡaɪ
gey
ɡaɪ
gilgai
ˈɡɪlɡaɪ
guy
ɡaɪ
guys
ˈɡaɪ
laogai
ˈlaʊˌɡaɪ
mamaguy
ˈmɑːməˌɡaɪ
nannygai
ˈnænɪˌɡaɪ
nilgai
ˈnɪlɡaɪ
sarcophagi
sɑːˈkɒfəɡaɪ
Songhai
sɒŋˈɡaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTHROPOPHAGI

anthropomorphise
anthropomorphism
anthropomorphist
anthropomorphize
anthropomorphosis
anthropomorphous
anthropomorphously
anthropopathic
anthropopathism
anthropopathy
anthropophagic
anthropophagite
anthropophagous
anthropophagus
anthropophagy
anthropophobia
anthropophobic
anthropophuism
anthropophyte
anthropopsychic

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTHROPOPHAGI

antitragi
Bragi
cadagi
choragi
esophagi
magi
oesophagi
Palagi
ragi
the three magi
tragi
vagi
waragi
yagi

Synonyms and antonyms of anthropophagi in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «anthropophagi» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTHROPOPHAGI

Find out the translation of anthropophagi to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of anthropophagi from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «anthropophagi» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

anthropophagi
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antropófagos
570 millions of speakers

English

anthropophagi
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

anthropophagi
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

anthropophagi
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

антропофаги
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antropofagia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নরমাংসভোজী মানুষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

anthropophages
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antropophagi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

anthropophagi
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

anthropophagi
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

anthropophagi
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anthropophagi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giống hình người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

anthropophagi
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानववंश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yamyamlar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

anthropophagi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

anthropophagi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

антропофагії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

anthropophagi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

anthropophagi
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kannibaals
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

anthropophagi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

anthropophagi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of anthropophagi

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTHROPOPHAGI»

The term «anthropophagi» is used very little and occupies the 156.623 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTHROPOPHAGI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «anthropophagi» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «anthropophagi» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about anthropophagi

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTHROPOPHAGI»

Discover the use of anthropophagi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to anthropophagi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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T.H. White's The Once and Future King
In the original version, the Wart and Kay encounter the Anthropophagi after their escape from Madame Mim, while in the American edition Robin leads them in an attack on Castle Chariot, the Castle of Lard inhabited by Morgan le Fay, which in  ...
Elisabeth Brewer, 1993
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The Apostles Among the Anthropophagi
THIS 26 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Cults, Myths and Religions, by Salomon Reinach. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766132145.
Salomon Reinach, Elizabeth Frost, 2010
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The plays of William Shakespeare
And of the Cannibals that each other cat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their moulders.4 These things to hear, Would Desdemona seriously incline : But still the house affairs would draw her thence; Which ever ...
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson, 1793
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The Facts On File Dictionary of Classical and Biblical Allusions
anthropophagi (Revelation 11:7). The title “Antichrist” has been bestowed upon many notorious figures and institutions over the centuries, among them the Roman emperors Caligula and Nero, the Roman Empire in general, Muhammad, the ...
Martin H. Manser, David Pickering, 2003
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Deeds of Flesh Albums: Crown of Souls, Inbreeding the ...
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General Books LLC, LLC Books, 2010
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The Rose of Cavendish
He tookdown thesmaller one of thetwoand as heturned around to facethe bigger one, the Anthropophagi jumped him withenough force toknock him down onhis back, causing him to losehis sword. Therewas still a struggle.Aranhil trying to ...
Lea Cherry, 2011
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The Cyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ...
ANTHROPOPHAGI, cnmpounded of the Greek avstpwaoq, man, and Cow/m, cdcrc, to cal, people who feed on human flesh. ' The Cyclops, the Lestrygons, and Scylla, arc all represented in Homer as anthropophagi, or man-eaters ; and the ...
Abraham Rees, 1819
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Travel Writing and Empire: Postcolonial Theory in Transit
'anthropophagi'. Here, the word 'Canibales' is introduced by the author in his section title, 'Of the people called Canibales or Anthropophagi, which are accustomed to eate mans fleshe', still accompanied by 'Anthropophagi'. Then the text ...
Steven H. Clark, 1999
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Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology
Variations: Anthropohagi Aflesh-eating fairy from British lore, the anthropophagi preyed upon humans when hungry. Headless, their eyes are located in their shoulders and their mouths in the middle of their chest. Having no nose benefited  ...
Theresa Bane, 2013
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The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
ANTHROPOPHAGI. n.s. [It has no singular. a»9j»sK&', man, and f%ym, to eat.] Man-eaters ; cannibals ; those that live upon human flessi. The cannibals tb.-.t each other eat, The anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTHROPOPHAGI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term anthropophagi is used in the context of the following news items.
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Animal Tales
Anthropophagi. I don't either. I just remembered another bird story which is also another Chevy pickup story. Good thing we don't have more ... «Ukiah Daily Journal, Jun 15»
2
I Read This 500-Page Fantasy Novel Aloud and Got Lost in Its Weird …
... around the Vorrh, an uncharted and unknowable forest in Africa filled with John of Mandeville's anthropophagi and other unknown monsters. «Slate Magazine, Jun 15»
3
Lost in 'The Vorrh'
... the description of the mythical “Blemmyes” (anthropophagi, whose faces are located in their torsos) in Herodotus' speculative travelogues. «PopMatters, Jun 15»
4
Alan Moore's Intro To His New Favorite Fantasy Novel Is A Glorious …
... brooding outcasts or distressing headless anthropophagi. Within the moss-blurred reaches of The Vorrh's untended paradise, the factual is not privileged in its ... «io9, Apr 15»
5
Creatures of the Monstrous Variety
... world, far from the safety of Rome and its legions, there lived a horrible race of headless Anthropophagi (man-eaters) called the Blemmyae. «Destructoid, Oct 14»
6
Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso brings the art of musical change to …
Is it a conscious continuation of the tropicalista idea of cultural anthropophagi, or you putting an artistic, personal stamp on your music? «MiamiHerald.com, Sep 14»
7
Warner Bros. bringing The Monstrumologist to the big screen
The doctor has discovered a baby Anthropophagi–a headless monster that feeds through the mouthfuls of teeth in its chest–and it signals a ... «Flickering Myth, Jun 14»
8
Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, mid-May
To Raffalon's dismay, the god insists on rescuing its former holder, who was just kidnapped by a savage tribe of anthropophagi – a quest that ... «Locus Online, May 14»
9
Orson Welles's Shattering “Othello”
... her father—and Welles notably suppresses Shakespeare's lines about “cannibals” and “Anthropophagi,” emphasizing Othello's struggles, not ... «New Yorker, Apr 14»
10
Artist Imagines What Phantom Islands Might Look Like
Was this island home to cannibals, or to even more dreadful anthropophagi? Islands that never even existed were traded between nations and ... «Co.Design, Apr 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Anthropophagi [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/anthropophagi>. Apr 2024 ».
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