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comprachico

comprachico noun: a person who deliberately mutilates a growing child in order to induce freakish physical traits.

Noun

comprachico (plural comprachicos)

  1. A person who deliberately mutilates a growing child in order to induce freakish physical traits.
    • But here in England a comprachico is equal to a murderer, a candidate for the hangman's noose.1969, Günther Weisenborn, The Man Without a Face, page 10
    • He is angry and equips himself accordingly—with a penknife to give the offender a comprachico countenance, a mirror to show him the effect, and a pair of nailed boots to give him his dismissal.2016, George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such: Top Novelist Focus

Forms of comprachico

pluralcomprachicos

Origin of comprachico

Coined from Spanish roots by the French writer Victor Hugo in his 1869 novel L'Homme qui rit (The Man Who Laughs). The word is not generally known in Spanish.

Questions about comprachico

What does comprachico mean?
Comprachico means a person who deliberately mutilates a growing child in order to induce freakish physical traits.
What part of speech is comprachico?
Comprachico is a noun.
What is the plural of comprachico?
The plural of comprachico is comprachicos.

Words near comprachico in the dictionary

  1. compoundings
  2. compoundly
  3. compoundness
  4. compounds
  5. comprable
  6. comprachico
  7. comprachicos
  8. comprador
  9. comprador bourgeoisie
  10. comprador bourgeoisies
  11. compradore

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