necrophile en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈnɛkɹəʊ̆faɪl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From necro- + -phile.
Meanings
-
One who is subject to necrophilia.
He has seizures of erotic and macaberesque madness. He is a sort of necrophile. He has kept a journal in which he sets forth his disease with the utmost clearness.
1903, Guy de Maupassant, translated by M. Walter Dunne, A Tress of Hair:
- (broadly) One who engages in sexual acts with corpses.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| necrophiles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
sh некро̀фӣл (one who is subject to necrophilia) · ru некрофи́л (one who is subject to necrophilia) · tr ölü sevici (one who is subject to necrophilia) · fr nécrophile (one who is subject to necrophilia) · fi nekrofiili (one who is subject to necrophilia) · sv nekrofil (one who is subject to necrophilia) · it necrofilo (one who is subject to necrophilia) · tr nekrofil (one who is subject to necrophilia) · sh nekròfīl (one who is subject to necrophilia)