omophagia

o·mo·pha·gia

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [oh-muh-fey-juh, -jee-uh]
- /ˌoʊ məˈfeɪ dʒə, -dʒi ə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [oh-muh-fey-juh, -jee-uh]
- /ˌoʊ məˈfeɪ dʒə, -dʒi ə/

Definitions of omophagia word

noun omophagia the eating of raw food, especially raw meat. 1
noun omophagia The eating of raw food, especially raw flesh. 1
noun omophagia the eating of raw food, esp meat 0
noun omophagia the eating of raw flesh 0

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Origin of omophagia

First appearance:

before 1700

One of the 50% oldest English words

1700-10; < New Latin < Greek ōmophagía, equivalent to ōmó(s) raw + -phagia -phagy

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Parts of speech for Omophagia

noun

adjective

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adverb

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preposition

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exclamation

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omophagia popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% 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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