[Ads-l] trichster (1996)

[Laurence Horn]

True, but the same tillo(mania)-truncation is present in “trichster” itself.

> On Oct 3, 2019, at 12:21 PM, Mark Mandel <markamandel at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> No, that would mean something like the measurement of hair:
> 
> The name *[trichotillomania]* was created by François Henri Hallopeau in
> 1889, from the Greek θρίξ/τριχ; thrix (meaning "hair"), along with τίλλειν;
> tíllein (meaning "to pull"), and μανία; mania (meaning "madness").[6]
> -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichotillomania
> 
> MAM
> 
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> On Thu, Oct 3, 2019, 11:12 AM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
> 
>> I assume the scientific measurement of this disorder and its dimensions is
>> known as trichonometry.
>> 
>> LH
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 3, 2019, at 5:51 AM, Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Not in the OED, Merriam-Webster or Wiktionary.
>>> 
>>> 1. Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: Decade of the Brain
>>> https://tinyurl.com/y5r74ngj <https://tinyurl.com/y5r74ngj>
>>> Revision: Sept 1996
>>> National Institute of Mental Health
>>> 
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>>> email: trichster at aol.com
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