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cannibal(dictionary)

cannibal (iou)



cannibal noun & adjective. M16.
[Spanish Canibales (pl.), a form (recorded by Columbus) of the name Caribes a people of the W. Indies: see CARIB.]
A. noun.
A person who eats human flesh; fig. a bloodthirsty savage. M16.
An animal that eats members of its own species. L18.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Cannibalistic, bloodthirsty. L16.
canniba'lean adjective (rare) = cannibalistic E17.
canni'balic adjective = cannibalistic E19.
cannibalism noun the practice of eating (the flesh of) members of one's own species L18.
canniba'listic adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of cannibals; practising cannibalism: M19.
canniba'listically adverb in the manner of a cannibal M19.
cannibally adverb (rare) cannibalistically E17.