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Tuesday 23 June 2020

English words suffixed with 'PHILE'

In your daily conversation you mention it quite a time that you are a person who love books, or a person who loves art and literature.  Just Wonder instead of saying I love this or I love that you say I am a Bibliophile or I’m an Actrophile. Sounds quite interesting. Is not it? Sounds quite sophisticated  as well to use such words, the terms which hardly come in our day to day communication.

Phile comes from the Greek word ‘philos' , meaning loving. It is generally used as Suffix with noun or adjective to describe fondness of a person for a specific thing.

Well, in this article, you will learn unique phile suffixed words. So let’s get started and bang on:

Phile(n): A person who loves or have fondness for a specific thing.

Arctophile(n): A person who loves Teddy Bears.

Astrophile(n): A person who  admires, have an obsession for Planets,  Stars and Outer space. 

Anthophile(n): A person who love Flowers.

Bibliophile(n): A person who loves books, a book lover.

Hodophile(n): A person who loves Traveling.

Selenophile(n): A person who loves the Moon.

Thalassophile(n): A person who loves Ocean, Sea.

Dendrophile(n):  A person who loves Trees, Forests.

Nyctophile(n):  A person who loves Night, Darkness .

Photophile(n):  A person who loves light.

Retrophile(n):  A lover of Past era’s and Objects.

Cynophile(n):  A Dog lover, a person who loves Cannies.

Limnophile(n):  A person who loves lakes.

Chionophile(n): A person fond of Cold weather and Snow.

Cinephile(n):  A lover of Films, Motion picture.

Discophile(n): A person who loves Vinyl, a record collector.

Orophile(n): A person wh loves  Mountains.

Umbraphile(n): A person fond of Eclipses.

Javaphile(n):  A person who loves coffee.

Xenophile(n): A person who has inclination towards foreign culture and people.

Anthophile(n): A person who loves flowers.

Neophile(n):  A person who loves anything new or novel.  
 
Pistoriophile(n): A person who is fond of baked goods.

Stegophile(n):  A person who is fond of climbing buildings.

Hippophile(n): A horse lover.

Oenophile (n):  A person who enjoys wine, a connoisseur.

Stigmatophile(n):  A person who is obsessed with tattoos and piercing.

Logophile(n):  lover of words.

Ophiophile(n): A person who likes Snakes.

Opacarophile(n):  love with the sun.

Pogonophile(n):  A person who loves beard.

Autophile(n): A Person who loves being alone, loves solitude.

Sinistrophile(n): A person who prefers thing left handed, on the left side.

Ailurophile(n):  A person who loves cat, a cat lover.

Technophile(n): A person who likes new technology .

Arenophile(n):  A person who collects sand samples as a hobby.

Blogophile(n): A person who loves blogs or blogging.
Dictaphile(n): A person who loves Dictators. 

We all have liking or fondness for a specific thing. Now with this article, you know what terms describes your fondness best. I’m a Blogophile for sure, what are you. Please comment and let me know which term you associate yourself the most.
Happy Reading.















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