Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coulrophilia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coul-rophil-ia
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A paraphilia consisting of sexual attraction to clowns, jesters and mimes.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If you're charmed by incompetence, that's just another kind of coulrophilia."
"This volume of stories covers auto flagellation (self spanking), serviphilia (sexual servitude), agalmatophilia (mannequin sex), microphilia (attraction to small people), knismolagnia (sexual tickling), coulrophilia (clowns), gerontophilia, […]"
"The blog recognizes its controversiality by informing about teratophilia, the ability to see beauty in the unusual and a sexual preference for individuals having unusual appearance, and its subgenre coulrophilia, sexual attraction to clowns"
"The ascending of Jocund Jupiter may give you a case of coulrophilia, but this variety will draw clowns to YOU."

Etymology

Coined after coulrophobia with -philia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: -philia

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does coulrophilia mean?: A paraphilia consisting of sexual attraction to clowns, jesters and mimes.
Where does coulrophilia come from?: Coined after coulrophobia with -philia.

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