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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