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copro- before a vowel copr-, combining form of Greek κόπρος dung, as in coˈpræmia [Gr. αἷµα blood], blood-poisoning from the fæces in case of costiveness; hence coˈpræmic a. ˈcopragogue [Gr. ἀγωγ-ός carrying away], a purging medicine. coˈpremesis [Gr. ἔµεσις vomiting], stercoraceous vomiting. coproˈlalia [ad. Fr. coprolalie (G. de la Tourette in Archives de Neurologie, 1885, IX. 19; Gr. λαλία talk, prattle], the use of obscene language by reason of insanity or for sexual gratification. coproˈmania [-mania], an obsession with fæces; hence coproˈmaniac. ˈcoprophil, ˈcoprophile [-phil, -phile], one who is attracted to filth. coproˈphilia, coˈprophily [Gr. ϕιλία affection], marked attention to defecation and to excreta. coproˈphilic a., having or pertaining to an interest in excrement. coˈprophilous a. [Gr. ϕίλ-ος loving], fond of dung; feeding or (spec. of fungi) growing upon dung. coproˈphobia [-phobia], an abnormal repugnance toward fæces. † coˈprophory [med.L. coprophoria, Gr. -ϕορια carrying], purgation (Bailey). coˈprostasis, in Bailey † coprostacy [Gr. στάσις a stopping], costiveness. ˌcoproˈzoic a. [zoic a. 2], of animals, living in dung. (See other words below.)
1886Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. XIII. 412 Echolalia and coprolalia may form part of the symptoms of insanity... The coprolalia is pathognomonic of the disease, according to Tourette. 1898H. Ellis Affirmations 147 These extremes are of two kinds: the first issuing in a sort of coprolalia, or inclination to dwell on excrement... The other extreme is that of pruriency, or the perpetual itch to circle round sexual matters. 1955W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. v. 531 When you have Tourette's disease you go around repeating dirty words all the time. Coprolalia. Everybody below Fourteenth Street has coprolalia. 1974P. Cave Dirtiest Picture Postcard xi. 72 ‘Coprolalia,’ Murray repeated. ‘That's what it's called..the desire to say obscene things whilst making love.’
1880Swinburne Let. 20 Apr. (1960) IV. 136 The perpetual copromania of the ‘Old Enemy’ [sc. Carlyle]—with his ‘eternal cesspools’ and ‘owldroppings’.
1900J. M. Robertson in Lit. Guide 1 Mar. 43/1 Such a one as Swift..filthy-minded, unscrupulous, and malignant. Had such a copromaniac been only an avowed unbeliever, [etc.].
1937‘N. Blake’ There's Trouble Brewing vi. 110, I didn't know he was a koprophil [ed. 1949, coprophil] as well as a surrealist.
1953S. Beckett Watt 53 A vegetarian, a naturist, a cannibal, a coprophile.
1934Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Sept. 620/4 His [sc. Swift's] coprophilia is explained along the lines suggested by Freud.
1927Bryan & Strachey tr. Abraham's Sel. Papers v. 129 Professor Freud had told me in a private communication that..repression of the coprophilic pleasure in smell played a peculiar part in..foot-fetishism. 1962A. S. Neill Summerhill 174 The wrong way to deal with a coprophilic child is to tell him he is being dirty. The right way is to allow him to live out his interest in excrement by providing him with mud or clay. 1981Maledicta V. 136 The known pornography of other renowned artists..often reflects considerable coprophilic feeling.
1901Ann. Bot. XV. 313 The absence of any specific work on Coprophilous or dung-borne Fungi. 1953J. Ramsbottom Mushr. & Toadstools xvii. 195 Coprophilous fungi grow directly from spores.
1924A. Huxley Little Mexican 43 The innocent coprophily of its inhabitants.
1934H. C. Warren Dict. Psychol. 61/2 Coprophobia.
1922Nature CIX. 98/2 There is a whole series of Amoeba-like and flagellate Protozoa which..develop in the faeces after deposition. These are called ‘coprozoic Protozoa’. 1947New Biol. III. 89 Vast accumulations of guano, supporting an elaborate association of coprozoic (i.e., dung-eating) insects and their predators. |