Etymology

mihi itch

Today it means: The ambition to publish and name large numbers of taxa as a form of personal aggrandizement. Full definition →

Latin mihī̆
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  1. Latin · derived frommihī̆
  2. English todaymihi itch

From Latin mihī̆, dative of egō̆ (“I”), + itch.

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