Word.ws English Dictionary

rhinotillexomania

/ˌɹaɪnəʊtɪˌlɛksəˈmeɪniə/

rhinotillexomania noun: compulsive nose-picking; the insertion of a finger into one's nose.

Noun

rhinotillexomania (uncountable)

  1. Compulsive nose-picking; the insertion of a finger into one's nose.

Origin of rhinotillexomania

From rhino- (“nose, nasal”) + Latin tillexis (“habit of plucking”, see below) + -o- + -mania (“obsession”). The tillexis stem is seemingly a New Latin borrowing from Ancient Greek τίλλω (tíllō, “to pluck or pull”). There is a divergence regarding the exo affix. It is suggested it may derive from ἔξω (éxō, “out”) or έξη (éxē, “habit”).

Words formed from rhinotillexomania

Questions about rhinotillexomania

What does rhinotillexomania mean?
Rhinotillexomania means compulsive nose-picking; the insertion of a finger into one's nose.
What part of speech is rhinotillexomania?
Rhinotillexomania is a noun.
How do you pronounce rhinotillexomania?
Rhinotillexomania is pronounced /ˌɹaɪnəʊtɪˌlɛksəˈmeɪniə/.

Words near rhinotillexomania in the dictionary

  1. rhinotermitid
  2. rhinotermitids
  3. rhinotheca
  4. rhinothecal
  5. rhinotillexis
  6. rhinotillexomania
  7. rhinotillexomaniac
  8. rhinotillexomaniacs
  9. rhinotomies
  10. rhinotomy
  11. rhinotopic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rhinotillexomania (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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rhinotillexomania.wav.

Cite this entry: “rhinotillexomania.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/rhinotillexomania. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.