Definitions
Etymologies
- Latin lingua, tongue, language; see lingua + -phile. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“This should be a fascinating topic for any linguaphile to explore!”
“And if you're a professional translator or just a linguaphile, try Google Translator Toolkit for easier and faster translations.”
“Lovely boyfriend, linguaphile, music-lover, cook, and all-rounder that I plan on spending a lot of future time with.”
“It must be the crazy challenge-obsessed linguaphile inside me that wants to try learning some Slovene now.”
“This book resonated with the linguaphile in me much the same way Excitement Video resonates with”
“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.”
“fantastic. as a linguaphile, I'm digging on this! keep on posting.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘linguaphile’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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phile-lovin'
All that is loved - from sublime to macabre - in this world and beyond...
logophile, linguaphile, bibliophile, francophile, cinephile, ailurophile, audiophile, arctophile, xenophile, homophile, pogonophile, ecdysiophile and 5 more...
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jaradgiese's Words
paronomasia, ostensible, insouciant, sobriquet, burlesque, insalubrious, apotheosis, hyperbole, connubial, felicity, florid, conurbation and 642 more...
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lavendargrrl's Words
surfeit, radiant, sussuration, sustenance, authenticity, aching, solitude, solicitous, limerance, compersion, philanthropy, mystery and 108 more...
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parlerodermime's Words
loquacious, orange, lackadaisical, rhythm, esoterrorist, contrary, enchanted, extraordinary, nymph, chatter, incessant, time and 168 more...
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Units Of Language
Word:
-a unit of language consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning.sulk, promenade, skulk, idle, subsequently, moody, paroxysm, felony, anent, generic, hallucinogen, synaesthesia and 215 more...
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flannagan's Words
netop, kenspeckle, loden, framboise, providence, milquetoast, schism, cadence, thrush, asphodel, clandestine, aesthete and 196 more...
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eross1's list
creatant, slubbergullion, verisimilitude, obstreperous, ontological, linguaphile, maudlin, misanthrope, misogyny, munificence, epistemological, vapid and 16 more...
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Study dem books, bitches!
A list of words related to scholarly pursuits
collegian, bibliomania, zetetic, phrontistery, linguistics, phrontisterion, xenomania, philology, humanism, magnum opus, linguaphile, bibliophile and 1 more...
Tweets
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seanahan See also philologist. Jul 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore 'A language and a word lover'. Jul 26, 2009