different between underwear vs mysophile

English

Etymology

From under- +? wear. Compare Dutch ondergoed, German Unterwäsche, Swedish underkläder.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd??w??/, /??nd?w?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd?w??/

Noun

underwear (uncountable)

1. Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
2. (colloquial) Underpants (boxers, briefs, panties, etc) and often bras.
   • 1998, Banjo-Kazooie, Rareware.

   • 2006, Toni L. Meilleur, Tournament of Fire

     “A thong,” she answered him breathlessly. Now completely turned on by the fact that his man was sniffing her underwear and grinning like a tiger that took down its prey. That is if tigers could smile and still look sexy.

Synonyms

• shreddies
• underclothes
• undergarment
• undies
• See also Thesaurus:underwear

Translations

English

Etymology

myso- +? -phile

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ma?s???fa?l/

Noun

mysophile (plural mysophiles)

1. (sexuality) One with a sexual dependency on something soiled or filthy, usually a kind of underwear or feminine products after use.
   • 1936: Magnus Hirschfeld, Sexual Anomalies and Perversions: Physical and Psychological Development and Treatment, p431

     Yes, I am a mysophile. In my imagination I loiter at places where there is filth, mud, and decaying things, places where it stinks. I also wear my underwear until it stinks and becomes very dirty.

   • 1949: Wilhelm Stekel, Compulsion and Doubt: (Zwang und Zweifel), p355

     Ethel is a mysophile. She derives her gratification from the dirt in which she is living.

Related terms

• mysophilia