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objectum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ob-jec-tum
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Attracted to inanimate objects, especially sexually or romantically, but can be other types such as platonic or familial.

adj

Between a human and an object, or being directed or oriented towards objects.

noun

A person who is attracted to an object and/or in a relationship with an object.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Latin obiciō Latin obiectus Latin obiectumlbor. English objectum Learned borrowing from Latin obiectum. Coined by Eija-Ritta Eklof Berliner-Mauer in the early 1970s as part of the terms objectum-sexual and objectum-sexuality. Doublet of object and objet.

Inflected Forms

more objectum (comparative) most objectum (superlative) objectums (plural)

Phrases

objectum-sexual objectum-sexuality object sexuality

Frequently Paired Words

conceptum objectophilia object sexuality

Synonyms

objectum-sexual pygmaliosexual

Questions

What does objectum mean?
Attracted to inanimate objects, especially sexually or romantically, but can be other types such as platonic or familial.
Where does objectum come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Latin obiciō Latin obiectus Latin obiectumlbor. English objectum Learned borrowing from Latin obiectum. Coined by Eija-Ritta Eklof Berliner-Mauer in the early 1970s as part of the terms objectum-sexual and objectum-sexuality. Doublet of object and objet.

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