Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piquerist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pi-querist
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One with a sexual interest in penetrating another person's skin using sharp objects (e.g. knives, nails, pins, razors).

Example Sentences

""The kind of person you want is a piquerist," he told me. […] "It's a pathological condition: it means the realization of sexual satisfaction from penetrating a victim by sniper activity. Or stab wounds, or even bites.""
"Presumably the piquerist does not initially engage in mutual carving but begins with small stabs or piercings and eventually intensifies his/her acts to encompass carving for sexual gratification."
"To classify him as a piquerist would be... too simplistic."

Etymology

From French piquer + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ist

Inflected Forms

piquerists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

piquerism

Questions

What does piquerist mean?: One with a sexual interest in penetrating another person's skin using sharp objects (e.g. knives, nails, pins, razors).
Where does piquerist come from?: From French piquer + -ist.

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