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hebephrenes

hebephrenes is the plural of hebephrene.

Meaning of hebephrene

Noun

hebephrene (plural hebephrenes)

  1. One suffering from hebephrenia.
    • [He] rescues the other cameo-role mental patient, whom he believes to be Rhoda and who has been furious in his denials that he is female, much less fictional [...] from assault by a bit-part hebephrene.1997, David Foster Wallace, “E Unibus Pluram”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, page 31

Questions about hebephrenes

What is hebephrenes the plural of?
Hebephrenes is the plural of hebephrene.

Words near hebephrenes in the dictionary

  1. hebephiliacs
  2. hebephilic
  3. hebephilically
  4. hebephobia
  5. hebephrene
  6. hebephrenes
  7. hebephrenia
  8. hebephreniac
  9. hebephreniacs
  10. hebephrenias
  11. hebephrenic

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