Homotosis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Homotosis is a noun meaning (rare, dated) A lack of attractive home furnishings, regarded as a disorder.
Meaning
(rare, dated) A lack of attractive home furnishings, regarded as a disorder.
Example Sentences
Some believed that a homemaker's worse nightmare in the 1920s was homotosis—the unenviable “disease” caused by the lack of nice furniture […]
Copywriters soon discovered and labeled over a hundred new diseases, including such transparent imitations as "bromodosis" (sweaty foot odors), "homotosis" (lack of attractive home furnishings), "acidosis" (sour stomach), and such inventive afflictions as "office hips," "ashtray breath," and "accelerator toe."
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include homomania, homomisia, anti-homosexualism, homophobiaphobia, homophobia, homophilia.
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