omophagia

/əʊməˈfeɪd͡ʒɪə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: omopha-gia
IPA: /əʊməˈfeɪd͡ʒɪə/

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Meaning

noun

The eating of raw food, especially raw flesh.

Example Sentences

"Omophagia, that’s it! Do you like that word? Take it away with you!"
"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."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὠμοφαγία (ōmophagía), from ὠμός (ōmós, “raw”) (see omo-) + -φαγία (-phagía) (see -phagia for more). By surface analysis, omo- (“raw, uncooked”) + -phagia.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ὠμοφαγία

Inflected Forms

omophagias (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

omophagist

Rhymes With

dysphagia

Questions

How do you pronounce omophagia?

The recorded pronunciation is /əʊməˈfeɪd͡ʒɪə/.

What does omophagia mean?

The eating of raw food, especially raw flesh.

Where does omophagia come from?

It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce omophagia

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