GEOPHAGY


Meaning of GEOPHAGY in English

[ dʒɪ'ɒfədʒi ]

■ noun the practice in some tribal societies of eating earth.

Origin

C19: from geo- + Gk phagia 'eating, feeding' (from phagein 'eat').

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