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mysophiles

mysophiles is the plural of mysophile.

Meaning of mysophile

Noun

mysophile (plural mysophiles)

  1. One with a sexual dependency on something soiled or filthy, usually a kind of underwear or feminine products after use.
    • 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

Questions about mysophiles

What is mysophiles the plural of?
Mysophiles is the plural of mysophile.

Words near mysophiles in the dictionary

  1. Mysol
  2. mysoped
  3. mysopedic
  4. mysopeds
  5. mysophile
  6. mysophiles
  7. mysophilia
  8. mysophobe
  9. mysophobes
  10. mysophobia
  11. mysophobias

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