Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maneating

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: maneat-ing
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of man-eating.

noun

The consumption of human flesh by animals

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Well known maneating tigers were killed in several districts."
"1959, John Taylor, Maneaters and marauders, snippet A big maneating croc had appeared in the lagoon of Lifumba"
"They reflect what we are, maneating gods the gods of maneating men, beautiful Olympians the gods of the first humanists."
"Corbett described maneating as the compulsive seeking of human flesh by carnivores"
"In general, maneating is only an infinitesimally small factor of mortality amongst people."

Etymology

From man + eating.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

maneater

Questions

What does maneating mean?: Alternative form of man-eating.
Where does maneating come from?: From man + eating.

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