leprophiln.

Brit.

/ˈlɛprə(ʊ)fɪl/, U.S.

/ˈlɛprəˌfɪl/

Forms: 1900s– leprophil, 1900s– leprophile.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: leprosy n., -phile comb. form.

Etymology: < lepro- (in leprosy n.) + -phile comb. form (compare forms at that entry). Compare leprophilia n.

A person with a strong desire to care for people with leprosy; a person attracted by or fascinated with leprosy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > irrational loves and desires > person

opsomaniac1842

hippomaniac1850

oenomaniac1857

dipsomaniac1858

theomaniac1863

xenomaniac1879

bibliokleptomaniac1881

opiomaniac1889

nosophile1895

dipso1923

power maniac1943

leprophil1959

1959 G. Greene Congo Jrnl. 4 Feb. in In Search of Character (1961) 24 Should one class Father Damien among the leprophils?

1961 G. Greene Burnt-out Case i. ii. 19 You know very well that leprophils exist... Schweitzer seems to attract them. They would rather wash the feet with their hair like the woman in the gospel than clean them with something more antiseptic.

1964 P. Feeny Fight against Leprosy ix. 90 The most serious charge..is that he was a ‘leprophil’, that is, that he fell in love with leprosy... This disease does hold an inverted glamour for a handful of people.

1964 Jrnl. Chronic Dis. 17 187 Some others who are struggling with actual or perceived problems of moral guilt, sin, conscience (leprophiles, for example).

2007 Jrnl. Amer. Acad. Dermatol. 56 174/2 Gould recounts the stories of a number of leprophiles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	leprophil
释义	leprophiln. Brit. /ˈlɛprə(ʊ)fɪl/, U.S. /ˈlɛprəˌfɪl/ Forms: 1900s– leprophil, 1900s– leprophile. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: leprosy n., -phile comb. form. Etymology: < lepro- (in leprosy n.) + -phile comb. form (compare forms at that entry). Compare leprophilia n. A person with a strong desire to care for people with leprosy; a person attracted by or fascinated with leprosy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > irrational loves and desires > person opsomaniac1842 hippomaniac1850 oenomaniac1857 dipsomaniac1858 theomaniac1863 xenomaniac1879 bibliokleptomaniac1881 opiomaniac1889 nosophile1895 dipso1923 power maniac1943 leprophil1959 1959 G. Greene Congo Jrnl. 4 Feb. in In Search of Character (1961) 24 Should one class Father Damien among the leprophils? 1961 G. Greene Burnt-out Case i. ii. 19 You know very well that leprophils exist... Schweitzer seems to attract them. They would rather wash the feet with their hair like the woman in the gospel than clean them with something more antiseptic. 1964 P. Feeny Fight against Leprosy ix. 90 The most serious charge..is that he was a ‘leprophil’, that is, that he fell in love with leprosy... This disease does hold an inverted glamour for a handful of people. 1964 Jrnl. Chronic Dis. 17 187 Some others who are struggling with actual or perceived problems of moral guilt, sin, conscience (leprophiles, for example). 2007 Jrnl. Amer. Acad. Dermatol. 56 174/2 Gould recounts the stories of a number of leprophiles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1959
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