pantophagist, n.

[‘ 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?!

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