Necrophile

//ˈnɛkɹəʊ̆faɪl// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    One who engages in sexual acts with corpses. broadly

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From necro- + -phile.

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