Necronomicon
noun
a book of the dead, a history of the customs of the dead
Word Origin
coined by H.P. Lovecraft, nekros ‘corpse’ + nomos ‘law’ + eikon ‘image’
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- Necrophagous
/nəˈkrɒfəɡəs/ adjective 1. (of an animal, bird, etc) feeding on carrion necrophagous ne·croph·a·gous (nə-krŏf’ə-gəs, ně-) adj.
- Necrophilia
[nek-ruh-fil-ee-uh] /ˌnɛk rəˈfɪl i ə/ noun, Psychiatry. 1. an erotic attraction to corpses. /ˌnɛkrəʊˈfɪlɪə/ noun 1. sexual attraction for or sexual intercourse with dead bodies Also called necromania, necrophilism n. 1892, in Chaddock’s translation of Krafft-Ebbing’s “Psychopathia Sexualis,” from necro- + -philia. necrophilia nec·ro·phil·i·a (něk’rə-fĭl’ē-ə) n. nec’ro·phil’i·ac’ (-ē-āk’) adj. & n.
- Necrophiliac
[nek-ruh-fil-ee-uh] /ˌnɛk rəˈfɪl i ə/ noun, Psychiatry. 1. an erotic attraction to corpses. /ˌnɛkrəʊˈfɪlɪə/ noun 1. sexual attraction for or sexual intercourse with dead bodies Also called necromania, necrophilism n. 1892, in Chaddock’s translation of Krafft-Ebbing’s “Psychopathia Sexualis,” from necro- + -philia. necrophilia nec·ro·phil·i·a (něk’rə-fĭl’ē-ə) n. nec’ro·phil’i·ac’ (-ē-āk’) adj. & n.
- Necrophilic
[nek-ruh-fil-ee-uh] /ˌnɛk rəˈfɪl i ə/ noun, Psychiatry. 1. an erotic attraction to corpses. /ˌnɛkrəʊˈfɪlɪə/ noun 1. sexual attraction for or sexual intercourse with dead bodies Also called necromania, necrophilism n. 1892, in Chaddock’s translation of Krafft-Ebbing’s “Psychopathia Sexualis,” from necro- + -philia. necrophilia nec·ro·phil·i·a (něk’rə-fĭl’ē-ə) n. nec’ro·phil’i·ac’ (-ē-āk’) adj. & n.
- Necrophilism
[nuh-krof-uh-liz-uh m, ne-] /nəˈkrɒf əˌlɪz əm, nɛ-/ noun, Psychiatry. 1. . /nɛˈkrɒfɪˌlɪzəm/ noun 1. another word for necrophilia 2. a strong desire to be dead