Algolagnia
/alɡə(ʊ)ˈlaɡnɪə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A physical condition that causes a person to gain sexual pleasure by suffering pain, particularly to erogenous zones. uncountable
- 2 sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain wordnet
Etymology
From German Algolagnie, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + λαγνεία (lagneía, “lust”). Equivalent to algo- + -lagnia.