Necrophile
//ˈnɛkɹəʊ̆faɪl// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 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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