Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is fond of woods and groves.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun rare One who is fond of
forests or forestscenery ; a haunter of thewoods .
Etymologies
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See nemophily.
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Examples
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And first, being a true nemophilist, I protest against botany.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Various
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You can spend days and not exhaust the study which one little triangular bit of overgrown pasture affords, -- spend them, not as a naturalist in close, patient study, because to such a one a square yard of moss is as exhaustless as the forests of Guiana to a Waterton, but as a nemophilist, taking simple delight in mere observation and individual discovery.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Various
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