Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sarcophagy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sar-cophagy
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice of eating flesh.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"the movements against vivisection, opium, alcohol, tobacco, sarcophagy, and the male sex"

Etymology

From sarco- + -phagy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sarco
Suffix: phagy

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

autosarcophagy

Questions

What does sarcophagy mean?: The practice of eating flesh.
Where does sarcophagy come from?: From sarco- + -phagy.

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