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necrophily en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/nɛˈkɹɒfəli/
/nɪˈkɹɒfəli/

Etymology

From necro- + -phily. Compare the earlier necrophilia.

Meanings

(uncountable) Necrophilia.
- 1942: By this necrophily, and a pervasive nastiness about sex …, millions were raised to a state of rapture. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 173)