English Explanatory Dictionary

algedonic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to both pleasure and pain.
  2. Relating to algedonics.

Pronunciation

/æld͡ʒɪˈdɒnɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-algedonic.wav

Word forms

algedonic more algedonic most algedonic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + ἡδονή (hēdonḗ) ‘pleasure’. Coined by Henry Rutgers Marshall in 1894.

Related words

algedonics
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