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trichomaniac

trichomaniac noun: one with a mania or passion for hair.

Noun

trichomaniac (plural trichomaniacs)

  1. One with a mania or passion for hair.
    • I suddenly said: "You know, Milton must have been a trichomaniac"―meaning a hair fetishist.1969 Summer, “The Art of Poetry No. 11, Robert Graves”, in Paris Review

Forms of trichomaniac

pluraltrichomaniacs

Origin of trichomaniac

From tricho- + maniac.

Questions about trichomaniac

What does trichomaniac mean?
Trichomaniac means one with a mania or passion for hair.
What part of speech is trichomaniac?
Trichomaniac is a noun.
What is the plural of trichomaniac?
The plural of trichomaniac is trichomaniacs.

Words near trichomaniac in the dictionary

  1. trichology
  2. tricholomataceous
  3. tricholomatoid
  4. trichoma
  5. trichomania
  6. trichomaniac
  7. trichomaniacs
  8. trichomanoid
  9. trichomatose
  10. trichome
  11. trichomegaly

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