[f. Gr. βοάνθρωπ-ος (f. βοῦς ox + ἄνθρωπος man) + -Y3; cf. misanthropy.] A form of madness in which a man believes himself to be an ox (see Daniel iv. 33).
1864. Pusey, Lect. Daniel, vii. 427. The exact form of the disease, which would be Boanthropy, I have not found any notice of.
1866. Athenæum, No. 2004. 393/2. The traditions of kunanthropy and boanthropy.
