maneating

maneating

See also: man-eating

English

Etymology

man +‎ eating

Adjective

maneating (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of man-eating
   • 1907, Fur-fish-game, Volumes 5-6, page 129

     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

   • 1998, Stephen P Fishelman, The Measure of Man, page 84

     They reflect what we are, maneating gods the gods of maneating men, beautiful Olympians the gods of the first humanists.

Noun

maneating (uncountable)

1. The consumption of human flesh by animals
   • 1993, Arjan Singh, The legend of the maneater, page 83

     Corbett described maneating as the compulsive seeking of human flesh by carnivores

   • 2002, Hans Kruuk, Hunter and hunted: relationships between carnivores and people, page 75

     In general, maneating is only an infinitesimally small factor of mortality amongst people.

Derived terms

• maneater

Anagrams

• emanating, manganite