Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Compulsive nose-picking, insertion of finger into one's nose.
Examples
“Betcha didn't think I could work the word "rhinotillexomania" into an Urban Tulsa Weekly column about how much the downtown sports arena is going to cost us, did ya?”
“Since its Thanksgiving, I'm thankful that we live in a place where we can talk about rhinotillexomania in the open without fear of reprisal.”
“It's actually a disease, rhinotillexomania, if compulsive.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rhinotillexomania’.
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mental disorder; excessive craving
kleptomania, bibliomania, manic, Beatlemania, pyromania, megalomania, ablutomania, aboulomania, agromania, andromania, anglomania, anthomania and 122 more...
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denegation, razzmatazz, razzamatazz, platitudinarian, eleemosynary, rhinotillexomania, supercalifragilis..., flibbertigibbet
qroqqa I wouldn't normally bother to add obviously made-up words like this, but I was curious about the etymology and it otherwise fulfilled my criteria. It turns out that tillex- doesn't mean anything, and it comes from till- "pluck, pull (out) (hair, feathers etc.)" with a spurious ex- "out" stuck on. Nov 10, 2008
whichbe Compulsive nose-picking. May 12, 2008