different between algolagniac vs algolagnia

English

Etymology

From algolagnia +? -ac.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /al??(?)?la?n?ak/

Noun

algolagniac (plural algolagniacs)

1. Someone who indulges in algolagnia; a sadomasochist.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 264:

     She had the soft, pure, angelic sort of beauty that spoke to every fiber of his algolagniac’s heart.

English

Etymology

From German Algolagnie, from Ancient Greek ????? (álgos, “pain”) + ??????? (lagneía, “lust”). Equivalent to algo- +? -lagnia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /al??(?)?la?n??/

Noun

algolagnia (uncountable)

1. A physical condition that causes a person to gain sexual pleasure by suffering pain, particularly to erogenous zones.

Derived terms

• algolagniac
• algolagnist

Synonyms

• sadomasochism

See also

• mastigophoric

Translations

Further reading

• algolagnia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

algo- +?

Noun

algolagnia f (plural algolagnie)

1. algolagnia

Portuguese

Noun

algolagnia f (uncountable)

1. algolagnia (sexual pleasure from suffering pain)

Spanish

Noun

algolagnia f (uncountable)

1. algolagnia