Relating to or characterized by eroticomania; showing excessive, obsessive, or pathological preoccupation with sexual matters.
From eroticomaniac + -al suffix. This rare adjective appears in 19th-century medical literature describing pathological sexual behavior.
This jaw-breaking adjective was Victorian doctors' way of saying 'showing signs of sex obsession'—it combines Greek roots meaning 'erotic,' 'madness,' and 'having the nature of,' creating a clinical-sounding diagnosis that tells you a lot about how uncomfortable people were discussing sexuality.
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