Omophagist

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A practitioner of the habit of eating uncooked meat or seafood, often associated with specific culinary traditions
2. An individual who regularly partakes in the dietary choice of consuming raw animal products, primarily focusing on meat and fish
3. Someone who habitually consumes meat or seafood without cooking it

Etymology: Omophagy comes from Greek "ōmophagia," built from "ōmos," meaning "raw" or "uncooked," and "phagein," meaning "to eat." The Greek compound described the eating of raw flesh, and it was a practice with a specific ritual setting: in the worship of Dionysus, devotees were said to tear apart and eat raw animals, a rite that later writers associated with frenzied, god-possessed worshippers rather than ordinary dining. The English noun "omophagist" follows the pattern of many scientific and descriptive terms, taking the Greek-derived "omophagy" and adding the suffix "-ist," which marks a person who practises or follows something. So an omophagist is simply one who habitually eats raw meat or seafood. The word is a modern formation from classical building blocks rather than an ancient Greek term, so the Greeks themselves would not have used it for a person.

Synonyms: carnivore, meat-eater, flesh-eater, gourmet, foodie

Antonyms: vegetarian, vegan, herbivore, plant-eater, non-carnivore