hippophagy

hippophagy

English

Etymology

hippo- +‎ -phagy

Noun

hippophagy (uncountable)

1. The eating of horsemeat.
   • 1879, George Fleming (ed.), The Veterinary Journal

     In Berlin, as in Paris, hippophagy appears to be on the increase. At the present time as many as twenty horses a day are cut up for food.

   • 1907, John William Severin Gouley, Dining and Its Amenities

     ...to introduce hippophagy in this country as an economic measure.

   • 2000, Tamra Andrews, Nectar & Ambrosia: An Encyclopedia of Food in World Mythology

     Not long after the advent of Christianity, Pope Gregory III forbade hippophagy because of its association with the worship of pagan gods.

Translations

French: hippophagie (fr) f