omophagia

omophagia
noun /əʊməˈfeɪʤɪə/
the eating of raw food, especially raw flesh

, 1936: Omophagia, that’s it! Do you like that word? Take it away with you! — Henry Miller, Black Spring


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  • OMOPHAGIA — Graecorum festa, Bacchanalibus haud absimilia, de quibus Arnob. l. 5. Sed et usitate alias Omophagia, in Sacris Gentilium, vide supra Crudarum carnium esus, it. Voce Omadius …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • omophagia — [ō΄mō fā′jē ə, ō΄mōfā′jə] n. [Gr ōmophagia < ōmos, raw (< IE base * om , raw, bitter > L amarus, bitter) + phagein, to eat: see PHAGOUS] the eating of raw flesh omophagist [ō mäf′ə jist] n. omophagous [ō mäf′əgəs] adj. omophagic [ō… …   English World dictionary

  • Omophagia — See raw foodism for the modern use of the term. Omophagia, or omophagy (from Greek ωμός raw ) is the eating of raw flesh. The term is of importance in the context of the cult worship of Dionysus. Marble image of a dancing Maenad;… …   Wikipedia

  • omophagia — omophagic /oh meuh faj ik/, omophagous /oh mof euh geuhs/, adj. omophagist /oh mof euh jist/, n. /oh meuh fay jeuh, jee euh/, n. the eating of raw food, esp. raw meat. [1700 10; < NL < Gk omophagía, equiv. to omó(s) raw + phagia PHAGY] * * * …   Universalium

  • omophagia — /oʊməˈfeɪdʒiə/ (say ohmuh fayjeeuh) noun the eating of raw flesh or raw food. {New Latin, from Greek ōmophagia, from ōmos raw + phagia phagy} –omophagic /oʊməˈfædʒɪk/ (say ohmuh fajik), omophagous /oʊˈmɒfəgəs/ (say oh mofuhguhs), adjective… …  

  • omophagia — The eating of raw food, especially of raw flesh. [G. omos, raw, + phago, to eat] * * * omo·pha·gia (o″mo faґje ə) [Gr. ōmos raw + phagia] the eating of raw food …   Medical dictionary

  • omophagia — n. eating of raw meat …   English contemporary dictionary

  • omophagia —   n. eating of raw flesh.    ♦ omophagic,    ♦ omophagous, a …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • omophagia — noun the eating of raw food • Hypernyms: ↑eating, ↑feeding …   Useful english dictionary

  • Maenad — Bacchae redirects here. For the tragedy by Euripides, see The Bacchae. Bassarids redirects here. For the opera by Hans Werner Henze, see The Bassarids. Furious Maenad,carrying a thyrsus and a panther,with a snake rolled up over her head.Tondo of… …   Wikipedia

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