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单词 philocubist
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philocubistn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ϕιλόκυβος , -ist suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕιλόκυβος fond of dice (Aristophanes) ( < ϕιλο- philo- comb. form + κύβος a die: see cube n.1) + -ist suffix.
Obsolete.
A dice player, a gambler.Apparently an isolated use.
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1822 T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Wasps in tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 179 You Amynias there—hist!—A philocubist?—Miss'd.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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