Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coprographia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: co-pro-graphia
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The making of vulgar writings or drawings, especially when done involuntarily.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Symptoms such as mental coprolalia (the thinking of obscenities), coprographia (the writing of obscenities) and mental palilalia are usually unrecognized unless specifically asked about."
"Trimble (199 ) has noted tatooing in some individuals with Tourette's disorder and also coprographia."
"Examination of the 374 letters written by Wolfgang Mozart shows scatological writing (coprographia) in 39, or 10.5%, which mention shit (29 times), arse and arse hole (27), muck (17), fart (6), piddling or pissing (6), but without the words being placed illogically, if not inappropriately."
"Some speculate that Mozart the musician had coprographia."

Etymology

From copro- (“feces”) + -graphia.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

coprographic

Frequently Paired Words

coprolalia copropraxia

Questions

What does coprographia mean?: The making of vulgar writings or drawings, especially when done involuntarily.
Where does coprographia come from?: From copro- (“feces”) + -graphia.

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