a. [f. as prec. + -IST + -IC.] Addicted to or pertaining to cannibalism. Hence Cannibalistically adv.
1827. Sydney Gaz., 16 Feb., 3/2. Misrepresentations of certain parties, who had interestedly given so fine a character of the savage land—the field of blood—the field of cannibalistic feasts.
1851. Fraser’s Mag., XLIII. 476. They see Englishmen … pugnacious, intemperate, and cannibalistic.
1884. Pall Mall Budget, 22 Aug., 27/1. Badgers are equally cannibalistic.
1851. H. Melville, Moby-Dick, x. 55. Queequeg was George Washington canniballistically developed.
