pederosis

English

Alternative forms

• paederosis

Etymology

pedo- (“child”) +‎ eros (“love”) +‎ -osis (“disease, condition”)

Noun

pederosis (uncountable)

1. (rare) sexual impulse directed towards children; paedophilia
   • 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:

     I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and how to do it, without impinging on a child's chastity; after all, I had had some experience in my life of pederosis; had visually possessed dappled nymphets in parks; had wedged my wary and bestial way into the hottest, most crowded corner of a city bus full of strap-hanging school children.

Related terms

• pederotic

Anagrams

• redispose