Oculophilia (or Oculolinctus) is a sexual fetish (or paraphilia) for the eye. The phenomenon is described in some detail by Jonathan Coe in his 1997 novel The House of Sleep. However, the interest of the person in question is not always of an entirely sexual nature, but sometimes of an intellectual nature. The fetish may manifest itself in a desire for actual physical contact and interaction with the eye, including licking.