necrophily
English
editEtymology
editFrom necro- + -phily. Compare the earlier necrophilia.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnecrophily (uncountable)
- Necrophilia.
- 1942: By this necrophily, and a pervasive nastiness about sex [...], millions were raised to a state of rapture. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 173)