Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

amokoscisia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: amokoscisia
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sexual frenzy accompanied by a desire to mutilate women.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Other paraphilias are more blatantly transgressive and usually illegal: amokoscisia (desire to slash or mutilate females); anthropophagy (cannibalism); anthropophagolagnia (rape accompanied by cannibalism); […]"
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:amokoscisia."

Etymology

Pseudo-Grecism, from amok + -o- + Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) + -ia. Schmidt (1984), who probably coined the term, gives the derivation as "amuck^([sic]) (in a state of frenzy) + schizo (slit)".

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does amokoscisia mean?: A sexual frenzy accompanied by a desire to mutilate women.
Where does amokoscisia come from?: Pseudo-Grecism, from amok + -o- + Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) + -ia. Schmidt (1984), who probably coined the term, gives the derivation as "amuck^([sic]) (in a state of frenzy) + schizo (slit)".

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