necrophilistn.adj.
/nᵻˈkrɒfᵻlɪst/, /nɛˈkrɒfᵻlɪst/, U.S. /nəˈkrɑfələst/, /nɛˈkrɑfələst/ A. n.
= necrophile n. Also figurative.
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necrophile1892
necrophilist1929
necrophiliac1945
1929 M. Summers Vampire in Europe ii. 122 Gilles de Rais was a necrophilist, a necrosadist, and tortured with blood-madness.
1932 V. Woolf Let. to Young Poet 5 I replied after all these years to that elderly nekrophilist—Nonsense.
1950 John o' London's Weekly 7 July 411/4 There they go, a grubby procession of blasphemers, perverts, lechers, necrophilists and drunkards.
1983 L. R. N. Ashley in Maledicta 1982 6 156 One necrophiliac (who may only have been a necrophilist, fascinated with death..but not perhaps going so far as connections with corpses).
B. adj.
= necrophilic adj. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > types of sexual behaviour > [adjective] > necrophilia
necrophilistic1924
necrophilic1926
necrophilous1928
necrophile1937
necrophilist1949
necrophiliac1959
1949 J. Rodker tr. M. Bonaparte Life & Wks. E. A. Poe x. 37 The lost and always sought-for mother with whom his [sc. Poe's] necrophilist soul [Fr. âme nécrophile] forever longed to reunite.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1929