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rhinotillexomania

/ˌɹaɪnəʊtɪˌlɛksəˈmeɪniə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rhinotillex-o-ma-nia
IPA
/ˌɹaɪnəʊtɪˌlɛksəˈmeɪniə/
29
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Compulsive nose-picking; the insertion of a finger into one's nose.

Uncountable

Etymology

From rhino- (“nose, nasal”) + Latin tillexis (“habit of plucking”, see below) + -o- + -mania (“obsession”). The tillexis stem is seemingly a New Latin borrowing from Ancient Greek τίλλω (tíllō, “to pluck or pull”). There is a divergence regarding the exo affix. It is suggested it may derive from ἔξω (éxō, “out”) or έξη (éxē, “habit”).

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Derived Forms

rhinotillexomaniac

Frequently Paired Words

rhinotillexis

Questions

How do you pronounce rhinotillexomania?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɹaɪnəʊtɪˌlɛksəˈmeɪniə/.
What does rhinotillexomania mean?
Compulsive nose-picking; the insertion of a finger into one's nose.
Where does rhinotillexomania come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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