comprachico

noun

1. A person who deliberately mutilates a growing child in order to induce freakish physical traits.

   But here in England a comprachico is equal to a murderer, a candidate for the hangman's noose.

Where it comes from

Coined from Spanish roots by the French writer Victor Hugo in his 1869 novel L'Homme qui rit (The Man Who Laughs). The word is not generally known in Spanish.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry comprachico (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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