humanflesh

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humanflesh

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From human + flesh. Sense 1 after horseflesh.

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  1. rare, uncountable Humans collectively. The ship slid softly along through the darkness of the harbor almost furtively as it were, as if she were carrying off a cargo of kidnapped humanflesh.
  2. rare, uncountable The flesh of a human. I thought then how spirit is always perceived at a distance but flesh is not perceived at all, only touched. Puddingface waited my pleasure. Then suddenly, as if divinely sent to sate my perverse craving, a disgusting slab of humanflesh stepped straight into the room—a blighted, blasted, pasty, corr

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"humanflesh." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/humanflesh. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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humanflesh. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/humanflesh

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"humanflesh." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/humanflesh.

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@misc{humanflesh_2026,
  title = {humanflesh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/humanflesh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}