Home › Words › E › encephalophagyencephalophagyencephalophagy · noun — the custom of eating brains as food.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, encephalophagy ranks #2,501 of 43,053 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom encephalo- + -phagy.nounThe custom of eating brains as food.e.g.“Therefore, by brain-eating in this article is meant cannibalistic encephalophagy, in other words consuming the brain of fellow men.” — 1972, Archæology & Physical Anthropology in Oceania, University of Sydney:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cerebrophagy 76% match — Synonym of encephalophagy. vs encephalophagy →autosarcophagy 61% match — The eating of one's own flesh. vs encephalophagy →anthropophagy 61% match — The act or practice of eating human flesh, especially in the context of human cannibalism vs encephalophagy →gerontophagy 60% match — The eating of the elderly. vs encephalophagy →necrophagy 59% match — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh vs encephalophagy →foetophagy 59% match — The eating of an aborted foetus (by some monkeys) vs encephalophagy →necrophagia 59% match — The consumption of dead flesh or carrion. vs encephalophagy →hippophagy 59% match — The eating of horsemeat. vs encephalophagy →