necrophile

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necrophile

  • /ˈnɛkɹəʊ̆faɪl/ UK

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From necro- + -phile.

noun necrophiles

  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. broadly One who engages in sexual acts with corpses.

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noun one who is subject to necrophilia

Françaisnécrophile
Italianonecrofilo
Русскийнекрофи́л nekrofíl

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"necrophile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/necrophile. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{necrophile_2026,
  title = {necrophile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/necrophile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}