[‘ A human being or animal that devours things (esp. food) of all kinds; an omnivore.']
Pronunciation: Brit. /panˈtɒfədʒɪst/, U.S. /pænˈtɑfədʒəst/
Etymology: < panto- comb. form + -phagist comb. form.
/rare/.
A human being or animal that devours things (esp. food) of all kinds; an omnivore.
1822 J. M. Good /Study Med./ I. 119 Borelli gives us an instance of a pantophagist who swallowed a hundred louis-d’ors at a meal.
1848 J. Craig /New Universal Dict./, /Pantophagist/, an animal that eats all kinds of food.
2003 /OC Weekly/ (Nexis) 18 Apr. 48 How could anyone, no matter how thin and famous, outdo this plump pantophagist, this latter-day Robert Morley, this ever-adorable mound of renown?!