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- compulsive (adj.)[compulsive 词源字典]
- c. 1600, from French compulsif, from Latin compulsus, past participle of compellere "to drive together, force, compel" (see compel). Psychological sense is from 1902. As a noun, attested from 1630s; psychological sense from 1957. Related: Compulsively; compulsiveness.[compulsive etymology, compulsive origin, 英语词源]
- grubelsucht (n.)
- 1876, from German Grübelsucht, psychiatric term for "a form of obsession in which even the simplest facts are compulsively queried" [OED], from grübeln "to brood" (see grub (v.)) + sucht "mania."