癖
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Definitions
- 1. habit
- 2. hobby
Words Containing 癖
onychophagia (nail biting)
to have strange and dangerous addictions (idiom)
sexual fetish
eccentricity
bad habit
necrophilia
(sexual) fetishism
pedophilia
foot fetish
foot fetishist
foot fetish
lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
sadism (fetish)
exhibitionism
Munchausen syndrome
mysophobia
transvestism
pica (medicine)
addiction
one's passion
indecent exposure