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necrophile

UK/ˈnɛkɹəʊ̆faɪl/

necrophile noun: one who is subject to necrophilia.

Noun

necrophile (plural necrophiles)

  1. One who is subject to necrophilia.
    • He has seizures of erotic and macaberesque madness. He is a sort of necrophile. He has kept a journal in which he sets forth his disease with the utmost clearness.1903, Guy de Maupassant, translated by M. Walter Dunne, A Tress of Hair
  2. (broadly) One who engages in sexual acts with corpses.

necrophile meaning in Tamil

necrophile in Tamil

சவப்புணர்ச்சியன், இறப்பாசையன்

Forms of necrophile

pluralnecrophiles

Origin of necrophile

From necro- + -phile.

Questions about necrophile

What does necrophile mean?
Necrophile means one who is subject to necrophilia.
What is necrophile in Tamil?
Necrophile in Tamil is சவப்புணர்ச்சியன், இறப்பாசையன். See Necrophile meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is necrophile?
Necrophile is a noun.
How do you pronounce necrophile?
Necrophile is pronounced /ˈnɛkɹəʊ̆faɪl/ (UK).
What is the plural of necrophile?
The plural of necrophile is necrophiles.

Words near necrophile in the dictionary

  1. necrophagia
  2. necrophagian
  3. necrophagic
  4. necrophagous
  5. necrophagy
  6. necrophile
  7. necrophiles
  8. necrophilia
  9. necrophiliac
  10. necrophiliac fantasizer
  11. necrophiliacs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: necrophile (page history and authors); necrophile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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