Obs. [ad. L. Læstrȳgon-es pl., Gr. Λαιστρῡγόν-ες a cannibal people of Italy (Hom. Odyss., X. 116).] An inhuman monster, a cannibal. So Lestrigonian, in the same sense.
1591. Sylvester, Du Bartas, I. vi. 388. Inhumane Monster, hatefull Lestrigon.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Lestrigons, a kind of giants or fierce people of Italy, often mentioned in the Odysses of Homer.
1693. Dryden’s Juvenal, XIV. (1697), 342. Lest … their Sons should become … Tyrants, Lestrigons, and Cannibals to their Servants.
a. 1887. Jefferies, Field & Hedgerow (1889), 70. They were perfect cannibals with the tongue, perfect Lestrigonians.
