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necrophiles

necrophiles is the plural of necrophile.

Meaning of necrophile

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.

Questions about necrophiles

What is necrophiles the plural of?
Necrophiles is the plural of necrophile.

Words near necrophiles in the dictionary

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

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