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piquerist

piquerist noun: one with a sexual interest in penetrating another person's skin using sharp objects (e.g. knives, nails, pins, razors).

Noun

piquerist (plural piquerists)

  1. One with a sexual interest in penetrating another person's skin using sharp objects (e.g. knives, nails, pins, razors).
    • "The kind of person you want is a piquerist," he told me. […] "It's a pathological condition: it means the realization of sexual satisfaction from penetrating a victim by sniper activity. Or stab wounds, or even bites."1990, Andrew Vachss, Blossom, New York: Knopf, →ISBN, →OL
    • Presumably the piquerist does not initially engage in mutual carving but begins with small stabs or piercings and eventually intensifies his/her acts to encompass carving for sexual gratification.2005 July 25, Eric W. Hickey, Sex Crimes and Paraphilia, Pearson Education, →ISBN, →OL, page 242

Forms of piquerist

pluralpiquerists

Origin of piquerist

From French piquer + -ist.

Questions about piquerist

What does piquerist mean?
Piquerist means one with a sexual interest in penetrating another person's skin using sharp objects (e.g. knives, nails, pins, razors).
What part of speech is piquerist?
Piquerist is a noun.
What is the plural of piquerist?
The plural of piquerist is piquerists.

Words near piquerist in the dictionary

  1. piqueerers
  2. piqueering
  3. piqueers
  4. piquer
  5. piquerism
  6. piquerist
  7. piquerists
  8. piquers
  9. piques
  10. piquet
  11. piqueted

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