单词 | nosophile |
释义 | > as lemmasnosophile nosophile n. Brit. /ˈnɒsəfʌɪl/ , /ˈnəʊsəfʌɪl/ , U.S. /ˈnɑsəˌfaɪl/ , /ˈnoʊsəˌfaɪl/ [ < noso- comb. form + -phile comb. form, -phile comb. form, after German Nosophile (1893 in the passage translated in quot. 1895)] rare a person who is abnormally attracted by sickness or disease.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 1895 tr. M. S. Nordau Degeneration v. i. 539 Sadists, ‘bestials’, nosophiles, and necrophiles, etc., find legal opportunities to gratify their inclinations. 1905 Smart Set Sept. 113/2 Names of Satanic painters from Hell-Fire Breughel to Arnold Böcklin..passed through the halls of this nosophile's memory. < as lemmas |
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