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Etymology
Greek ωμοφαγια, from ωμος ‘raw’.

Pronunciation
IPA|/əʊmə'feɪʤɪə/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪdʒiə|-eɪdʒiə

Noun
en-noun

1. 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
#:*1992: 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. — Donna Tartt, The Secret History

Translations
trans-top|the eating of raw food
Icelandic: hrákjötsát n
trans-mid
trans-bottom

See also
omophagist

ru:omophagia
vi:omophagia

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