Meanings
plural mysophiles
- lifestyleOne with a sexual dependency on something soiled or filthy, usually a kind of underwear or feminine products after use.
Ethel is a mysophile. She derives her gratification from the dirt in which she is living.
1949, Wilhelm Stekel, Compulsion and Doubt: (Zwang und Zweifel), page 3551 more example
Yes, I am a mysophile. In my imagination I loiter at places where there is filth, mud, and decaying things, places where it stinks. I also wear my underwear until it stinks and becomes very dirty.
1936, Magnus Hirschfeld, Sexual Anomalies and Perversions: Physical and Psychological Development and Treatment, page 431
Origin
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