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Zverismzvair-iz-uhm

n. The wish that people could suspend their civility and indulge the physical side of each other first--sniffing each other's hair like dogs, staring unabashedly at interesting faces, reveling in a beautiful voice like a song on the radio.

Etymology

Lithuanian Zvéris, wild beast + Latin vérissimus, the truest, the realest.

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