omophagia

omophagia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʊməˈfeɪd͡ʒɪə/

  Rhymes: -eɪdʒiə

Noun

omophagia (plural omophagias)

1. The eating of raw food, especially raw flesh.
   • 1936, Henry Miller, “Megalopolitan Maniac”, in Black Spring, Paris: The Obelisk Press […], OCLC 459562537; republished New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, 1963, →ISBN, page 138:

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

   • 1992, Donna Tartt, The Secret History

     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.

Translations

the eating of raw food

Icelandic: hrákjötsát n

See also

• omophagist