an abnormal interest in faeces and their evacuation
coprophilia in American English
(ˌkɑproʊˈfɪliə; ˌkɑprəˈfɪliə)
noun
Psychology
an abnormal interest in feces
Word origin
copro- + -philia
coprophilia in American English
(ˌkɑprəˈfɪliə)
noun
Psychiatry
an obsessive interest in feces
Derived forms
coprophiliac
noun
coprophilic
adjective
coprophilism (kəˈprɑfəˌlɪzəm)
noun
Word origin
[1930–35; copro- + -philia]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: DNA, acoustic phonetics, boondoggle, old school tie, presetcopro- is a combining form meaning “dung,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix copro- include: coprolalia, coprolite, coprology, coprophagous, coprophobia; -philia is a combining form used in the formation of compound words that have the generalsense “unnatural attraction” (necrophilia), “tendency” (hemophilia); -philia also forms abstract nouns that correspond to adjectives ending in -philic or -philous or nouns ending in -phile. Other words that use the affix -philia include: ailurophilia, chromophilia, mysophilia, spasmophilia, xenophilia