Coprogyne
/ˈkɒprəʊdʒaɪn/noun
An obsolete term for a woman who practices coprophagy, or the eating of feces.
Did you know?The word belongs to a period when nineteenth-century dictionaries coined Greek-based labels for unusual sexual and behavioral practices, giving taboo subjects an aura of scientific authority.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷenh₂-
“Woman; female”
Ancient Greek
Greek
γυνή (gynē)
“Woman; wife”
Ancient Greek
Greek
κόπρος (kopros)
“Dung; manure; feces”
19th Century
English
coprogyne
“A woman who eats dung or feces”
Modern English
English
coprogyne
“An obsolete term associated with coprophagy”
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