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vorarephilia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˌvoɹ.ɹə.ɹəˈfɪ.li.ə/
  • US: /voɹˌɹɛ.ɹ(ə)ˈfɪ.li.ə/
  • US: /voʊ̯-/
  • rhymes with -ɪliə

1

noun

Meaning 1

A paraphilia or fetish in role-playing, involving the devouring of or being devoured by another person or creature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1998, Karl Xydexx Jorgensen, in alt.fan.furry http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/msg/1a213152a9bb5836?dmode=source&hl=en Ooh, vorarephilia. What's eating me? A big wolfy, prolly. I'm everyone's favorite chew-toy.
  • 1999, Kevin Alexander Cosmic, in alt.fan.vore http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.vore/msg/b0833972db5377ca?dmode=source&hl=en A place to discuss vorarephilia... Why, I am right on topic here, my kind of place, and not even any competing predators to snatch my prey away while I play with it, harrr harrr harrrr!
  • 2004, Cecil Adams, The Straight Dope 2 July https://web.archive.org/web/20080512084711/http://www.straightdope.com/columns/040702.html Vore (short for vorarephilia) is a code word for a sexual interest in things eating other things.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Sexual cannibalism as a paraphilia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: proscribed, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin vorare (“to devour”) + -philia.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: vorarefilia — sexual fetish
  • French: vorarephilie — sexual fetish
  • German: Vorarephilie — sexual fetish
  • Japanese: 丸呑みフェティシズム (marunomi fetishizumu) — sexual fetish
  • Polish: worarefilia — sexual fetish
  • Russian: ворофили́я (vorofilíja) — sexual fetish
  • Russian: ворарефили́я (vorarefilíja) — sexual fetish
  • Spanish: vorarefilia — sexual fetish
  • Swedish: vorarefili — sexual fetish