Definitions

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  • noun a lover of combs

Etymologies

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From Greek κτεις ‘comb’.

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Examples

  • Making a show of looking for his comb which is, as usual, lost, suspect is known as a notorious ctenophile ...

    Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

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