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Showing words for HYPOCORISM using the English dictionary
10 Letter Words for Hypocorism
hypocorism
8 Letter Words for Hypocorism
isomorph, micropsy, pochismo, pochoirs, smoorich
7 Letter Words for Hypocorism
chorism, choriso, choryos, chrisom, chromos, copyism, isochor, miscopy, miscrop, moorish, morisco, morphic, morphos, myopics, orphism, pochoir, pomroys, poorish, rompish, scorpio, scrimpy, scyphoi, shrimpy, smirchy, smoochy
6 Letter Words for Hypocorism
chimps, chirms, chiros, chirps, chirpy, choirs, chomps, chooms, choosy, chorio, chrism, chromo, chromy, compos, corpsy, coryph, coyish, crimps, crimpy, crispy, cypris, hirmos, hormic, hormos, ichors, impoor, isopor, micros, mopish, morish, morpho, morphs, myopic, oomphs, ophrys, orchis, orphic, osophy, physic, physio, picory, pomroy, pooris, porism, primos, prismy, promic, promos, psoric, psycho, rhymic, romish, ropish, scrimp, scrimy, scroop, scyphi, shrimp, shypoo, smirch, smooch, sophic
5 Letter Words for Hypocorism
chimo, chimp, chios, chips, chirm, chiro, chirp, choir, chomp, choom, choop, chops, cipro, cohos, coirs, compo, comps, cooms, coomy, coops, copis, copsy, corms, corps, corso, corsy, cosmo, coyos, crimp, crims, crips, crisp, crois, crops, homos, hoops, hopis, hypos, ichor, imshy, micos, micro, mochs, mochy, mohos, mohrs, mooch, moops, moors, moory, mopsy, moric, moroc, morph, myops, ochro, ochry, ohmic, oomph, ophic, ophir, osmic, picry, pioys, pisco, pismo, pomos, pooch, poohs, poori, porch, poros, posho, prich, primo, prims, primy, prism, promo, proms, proos, proso, prosy, psych, pyric, pyros, romic, romps, rompy, rooms, roomy, roops, roopy, roshi, schmo, scoop, scrim, scrip, scroo, shooi, shoop, shoor, shrip, siroc, sirop, smich, smoor, sophi, sophy, sopor, spicy, spiro, spiry, spoom, spoor, yomps, yoops
4 Letter Words for Hypocorism
chip, chis, chop, choy, chry, cipo, coho, coir, comp, comr, coms, coom, coop, coos, copr, cops, copy, corm, corp, cors, cory, cosh, coyo, coys, crim, crip, cris, croh, crop, croy, csmp, hics, himp, hims, hips, hiro, homo, hoom, hoop, hoos, hopi, hops, hors, hory, hosp, hoys, hypo, hyps, icho, ichs, imps, impy, iocs, ipso, ismy, mhos, mico, mics, mips, miro, mirs, miry, misc, miso, misy, moch, moco, mocs, moho, mohr, moio, moir, mooi, moop, moor, moos, moph, mops, moro, mors, mosh, moyo, moys, mycs, ochs, ohio, ohms, ohos, ohoy, oohs, ooms, oops, oory, oosy, opsy, orch, orcs, phis, phoo, phos, phys, pich, pico, pics, pioy, pirs, pish, piso, poco, pohs, pois, pomo, poms, pooh, poor, poos, porc, pory, posh, posy, prim, prio, proc, prom, proo, pros, prys, pyic, pyro, rhos, rich, ricy, rims, rimy, rips, risc, risp, roch, rocs, romp, roms, room, roop, roos, ropy, rosy, scho, scop, scry, shim, ship, shir, shmo, shoo, shop, shor, shri, sich, simp, smir, soco, soho, soir, soom, soop, soph, sori, sory, spic, spor, spry, syph, yips, yirm, ymir, yoho, yomp, yoop
3 Letter Words for Hypocorism
chi, chm, cho, chs, cir, cis, com, coo, cop, cor, cos, coy, cpi, cpm, cpo, cpr, cps, cro, crs, cry, csi, csp, cyp, hic, him, hip, hir, his, hmo, hoc, hoi, hom, hoo, hop, hor, hos, hoy, hrs, hyp, ich, icy, ihp, ihs, imo, imp, ios, iph, ipm, ipo, ipr, ips, irs, ish, ism, iso, iyo, mho, mic, mir, mis, moc, moi, moo, mop, mor, mos, moy, mph, mri, mrs, msh, myc, mys, och, ohm, oho, ohs, ois, oms, ooh, oom, oop, oor, oos, ops, orc, ors, ory, osi, oys, pci, pcm, phi, pho, phr, pic, pir, pis, pms, poh, poi, pom, poo, por, pos, poy, prc, pro, prs, pry, psi, pyr, rho, rhy, rim, rio, rip, rms, roc, roi, rom, roo, ros, rpm, rps, sch, sci, scr, shi, sho, shp, shr, shy, sic, sim, sip, sir, soc, som, sop, soy, spy, sri, sym, syr, yip, yis, yoi, yom, yor, yos, yrs
Definitions for Hypocorism
[1] a pet name.
[2] the practice of using a pet name.
[3] the use of forms of speech imitative of baby talk, especially by an adult.
[4] a pet name, esp one using a diminutive affix `` Sally '' is a hypocorism for `` Sarah ''
[5] another word for euphemism (def. 1)
Words nearby Hypocorism
hypochromatism, hypochromia, hypochromic anemia, hypochylia, hypocomplementemia, hypocorism, hypocoristic, hypocorticoidism, hypocotyl, hypocrinism, hypocrisy
Origin of Hypocorism
First recorded in 1840–50, hypocorism is from the Greek word hypokórisma pet name. See hypocoristic, -ism
Word origin for Hypocorism
C19: from Greek hupokorisma, from hupokorizesthai to use pet names, from hypo- beneath + korizesthai , from korē girl, koros boy