Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

encephalophagy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-cephalophagy
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The custom of eating brains as food.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Therefore, by brain-eating in this article is meant cannibalistic encephalophagy, in other words consuming the brain of fellow men."

Etymology

From encephalo- + -phagy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: encephalo
Suffix: phagy

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

cerebrophagy

Questions

What does encephalophagy mean?: The custom of eating brains as food.
Where does encephalophagy come from?: From encephalo- + -phagy.

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