dacryphilia
/ˌdækɹɪˈfɪlɪə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "On registration, the user is prompted to complete a 'fetish list', most of which the average layman would need a BDSM dictionary for: acts such as Dacryphilia, Cupping or Klismaphilia."
- "Dacryphilia is a non-normative sexual interest that involves enjoyment or arousal from tears and crying, and to date has never been researched empirically."
- "Perhaps dacryphilia, arousal by tears, is nearer to the mark -- certainly in Mandogi's Ghost this seems possible, not least because the text effects a seamless (unwounded) transition between the living Mandogi and (of course) his ghost."
- "The present study depicts the case of Angela M, a straight Romanian woman in her mid-twenties who has a sexual interest in dacryphilia (ie she derives sexual pleasure and arousal from crying and/or tears)."
- "FRANKLIN: I don't know. Listen lady, I don't know what you're into- VAN HELSING: Asphyxiaphilia, dacryphilia, sadism, masochism, androphilia, necrophilia, ass worship, and just overall full fledge kink, what about you?"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˌdækɹɪˈfɪlɪə/