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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  • 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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  1. Latin lingua, tongue, language; see lingua + -phile.
 

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