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paedophiliac

paedophiliac noun: a person who is sexually attracted to children; a paedophile.

Noun

paedophiliac (plural paedophiliacs)

  1. A person who is sexually attracted to children; a paedophile.
    • Incarcerated pedophiliac (the '76 LA. boy scout cases) suing for psychotherapy while case is being litigated, seeking correspondence with professional knowledge of the situation.1983 December 3, Ray T. Woodall, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 21

Adjective

paedophiliac (comparative more paedophiliac, superlative most paedophiliac)

  1. Relating to paedophilia or to a paedophile.

Forms of paedophiliac

Noun
pluralpaedophiliacs
alternative formpedophiliac
alternative formpædophiliac
Adjective
comparativemore paedophiliac
superlativemost paedophiliac

Origin of paedophiliac

See pedophilic, pedophile.

Questions about paedophiliac

What does paedophiliac mean?
Paedophiliac means a person who is sexually attracted to children; a paedophile.
What part of speech is paedophiliac?
Paedophiliac can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of paedophiliac?
The plural of paedophiliac is paedophiliacs.

Words near paedophiliac in the dictionary

  1. paedophile
  2. paedophile-phobia
  3. paedophilephobia
  4. paedophiles
  5. paedophilia
  6. paedophiliac
  7. paedophiliacs
  8. paedophilias
  9. paedophilic
  10. paedophilophile
  11. paedophilophiles

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