Pederosis
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 sexual impulse directed towards children; paedophilia rare, uncountable
"I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and how to do it, without impinging on a child's chastity; after all, I had had some experience in my life of pederosis; had visually possessed dappled nymphets in parks; had wedged my wary and bestial way into the hottest, most crowded corner of a city bus full of strap-hanging school children."
Synonyms
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More examples"I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and how to do it, without impinging on a child's chastity; after all, I had had some experience in my life of pederosis; had visually possessed dappled nymphets in parks; had wedged my wary and bestial way into the hottest, most crowded corner of a city bus full of strap-hanging school children."
Etymology
From pedo- (“child”) + eros (“love”) + -osis (“disease, condition”).
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