amokoscisia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pseudo-Grecism, from amok + -o- + Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) + -ia. Schmidt (1984), who probably coined the term, gives the derivation as "amuck[sic] (in a state of frenzy) + schizo (slit)".[1]
Noun[edit]
amokoscisia (uncountable)
- A sexual frenzy accompanied by a desire to mutilate women.
- 2013, RJ Parker, Peter Vronsky, Michael Newton, Serial Killers True Crime Anthology 2014, volume I, page 29:
- Other paraphilias are more blatantly transgressive and usually illegal: amokoscisia (desire to slash or mutilate females); anthropophagy (cannibalism); anthropophagolagnia (rape accompanied by cannibalism); […]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:amokoscisia.
References[edit]
- ^ Jacob Edward Schmidt (1984) Lecher's lexicon: an A-Z encyclopedia of erotic espressions and naughty bits, New York: Bell, page 288