omophagia
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ὠμοφαγία (ōmophagía), from ὠμός (ōmós, “raw”) (see omo-) + -φαγία (-phagía) (see -phagia for more).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]omophagia (plural omophagias)
- The eating of raw food, especially raw flesh.
- 1936, Henry Miller, “Megalopolitan Maniac”, in Black Spring, Paris: The Obelisk Press […], →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, 1963, →ISBN, page 138:
- Omophagia, that’s it! Do you like that word? Take it away with you!
- 1992, Donna Tartt, The Secret History:
- Uncomfortably, I thought of the Bacchae: hooves and bloody ribs, scraps dangling from the fir trees. There was a word for it in Greek: omophagia.
Translations
[edit]the eating of raw food
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