Etymology

formicophilia

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Today it means: A paraphilia in which sexual stimulation occurs by being crawled upon or nibbled by small insects, such as ants. Full definition →

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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromformica“ant”
  2. English todayformicophilia

Latin formica (“ant”) + -philia

Words from the same roots

Latinformica all →

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