[Ads-l] trichster (1996)
Laurence Horn
laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Thu Oct 3 17:00:36 UTC 2019
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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