Definitions

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  • noun The eating of filth.

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  • noun rare The feeding on filth

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhupos, "filth") and the suffix -φαγία (-phagia), combining form of φαγεῖν (phagein, "to eat") See also suffix -phagy.

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