Meanings
plural scatophiliacs
- rareOne who exhibits scatophilia.
Joseph Mallard Turner had a profound, if scatophiliac, attraction to fire at sea.
1985, Michael Tobias, After Eden: History, Ecology, and Conscience, page 2362 more examples
Dean Swift, Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's from Dublin, clergyman, was a great, shall we say, combined scatophobe and scatophiliac. He both hated and was fascinated by faeces.
1973, Anthony Burgess, Obscenity and the ArtsLike the exhibitionist, the scatophiliac wants his victim, the person on the other end of the phone line, to be shocked, disgusted, or horrified by his demeanor or words.
2008, Stephen T. Holmes, Sex Crimes: Patterns and Behavior, page 82Synonyms: scatophile
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who exhibits scatophilia.
Origin
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