anthropophagite

English

Etymology

From anthropo- +‎ -phage +‎ -ite.

Noun

anthropophagite (plural anthropophagites)

1. A cannibal.
   • a. 1752, Ralph Erskine, The Believer's Riddle:

     I'm no Anthropophagite rude,
     Tho' fed with human Flesh and Blood

References

• “anthropophagite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.