necrophagic

English

Etymology

From necro- +‎ -phagic.

Adjective

necrophagic (not comparable)

1. Eating dead bodies.
   • 1975, Angela Carter, “The Hidden Child”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 546:

     Ravages of ‘demon claws and teeth’; corpses ‘mangled, chewed and clawed’. The necrophagic passion is very strong in Lovecraft.

   • 2012, Gabriele Schwab, Imaginary Ethnographies:

     When they are eating the remainders of their dead fathers, the girls perform all the elements of a necrophagic ritual.

2. (biology) That feeds on carrion.

Related terms

• necrophagia
• necrophagous

Translations

Translations

• Italian: necrofagico