English Explanatory Dictionary

amokoscisia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sexual frenzy accompanied by a desire to mutilate women.

Word forms

amokoscisia

Etymology

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)".

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