linguaphile
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And if you know the lingo well enough, you can construct new compounds -- trade names such as Linguaphone (the language teaching method), or impetuous coinages such as linguaphile or linguaphobe, with a good likelihood of being understood.
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- noun A lover of languages and words.
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And if you know the lingo well enough, you can construct new compounds -- trade names such as Linguaphone (the language teaching method), or impetuous coinages such as linguaphile or linguaphobe, with a good likelihood of being understood.
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 4 -
This book resonated with the linguaphile in me much the same way Excitement Video resonates with
— Jewlicious
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- Latin lingua, tongue, language; see lingua + -phile.
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/ (lĭngˈgwə-fīlˌ)/
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