Definitions

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  • noun A sexual dependency on something soiled or filthy, usually a kind of undergarment after use.

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  • noun abnormal attraction to filth

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek μύσος (mysos, "uncleanness") + -philia.

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Examples

  • In any case, the hematolagnia*** of the Opposition, brought to a near-crisis by Gomery's exposure of the chronic Liberal mysophilia,****will reach its climax later this month and thereafter, when the government falls in an almost certain confidence vote.

    Archive 2005-11-01 2005

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