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logophile, n.|ˈlɒgəʊfaɪl|
[f. Gr. λόγο-ς word (see Logos n.) + -phile. Cf. earlier F. logophile (1890).]
A lover of words.
1959Sunday Times 1 Feb. 25 We are pretty sure that since all Sunday Times readers are natural and inveterate logophiles..he [sc. Mr. Burchfield] will get some invaluable assistance. 1972Sci. Amer. Oct. 110/2 Who except a numerologist or logophile would see the letters U, S, A symmetrically placed in louisiana 1977Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Feb. 145/1 A mortifyingly funny novella..written by a logophile who has always been able to make prose mean precisely what he wants it to mean. 1983Observer 29 May 31/6 When we turn to the 500 Adages of this first volume..we find more Erasmuses, including the scholar, the collector, the catalogue-maker, the serendipitist, the logophile. 1988English Today Jan. 22/1 Her book is a treasure trove for..logophiles with a classical bent.
Hence logoˈphilia n., love of words.
1980C. R. Lovitt tr. M. Pierssens (title) The power of Babel: a study of logophilia. Ibid. p. x, We should..construct a model of a perhaps common experience that..gives birth to logophilia [logophilie]. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Feb. 211/1 The market in logophilia is encouraged by large and eager colonies, who absorb the surplus product of rules and principles, providing raw material in exchange. |