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coprophagist

cop·roph·a·gous
C c

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh-prof-uh-guh s]
    • /kəˈprɒf ə gəs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh-prof-uh-guh s]
    • /kəˈprɒf ə gəs/

Definitions of coprophagist word

  • noun coprophagist a person who eats excrement 3
  • adjective coprophagist feeding on dung, as certain beetles. 1
See all 2 definitions of coprophagist

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Origin of coprophagist

First appearance:

before 1820
One of the 38% newest English words
First recorded in 1820-30; copro- + -phagous

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Parts of speech for Coprophagist

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Coprophagist

coprophagist popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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