sb. pl. Also 6 -ie, -y, 7 -ue. [L., pl. of anthrōpophagus, a. Gr. ἀνθρωποφάγ-ος man-eating, cannibal, f. ἄνθρωπος man + φαγεῖν to eat.] Men-eaters, cannibals. More rarely in sing. anthropophagus.
1552. B. Gilpin, Serm. bef. Edw. VI., in Life (1752), 45 (T.). Histories make mention of a people called Anthropophagi, eaters of men, which all mens hearts abhor to hear of.
1598. Marston, Pygmalion, ii. (1764), 144. Take heede O world … Of these same damned Anthropophagy.
1604. Shaks., Oth., I. iii. 144. The Canibals that each others eate, The Antropophague.
1624. in Shaks. Cent. Praise, 159 (title), Anthropophagus: the Man-Eater.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., He [M. Petit] disputes whether or no the Anthropophagi act contrary to nature?
1831. Carlyle, Sart. Res. (1858), 23. That same hair-mantled, flint-hurling Aboriginal Anthropophagus.
1837. J. Lang, New S. Wales, I. 386. A poor New Zealander, whose forefathers had from time immemorial been anthropophagi.
