"Algolagnia" is sexual gratification derived from inflicting or experiencing pain. It comes from the Greek "lagneia" (lust) and "algos" (pain).
La "algolagnia" es la gratificación sexual derivada de infligir o experimentar dolor. Procede del griego "lagneia" (lujuria) y "algos" (dolor).
| Front | algolagnia \algoe-LAG-nee-uh\ |
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| Back | noun Sexual gratification derived from inflicting or experiencing pain. [New Latin : algo- + Greek lagneia, lust (from lagnos, lustful).] "Nurse Wolf was my name for this queen of algolagnia - of pleasure from pain. She gave pleasure by inflicting it, she got pleasure from causing it." |
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