Sunday, March 31, 2013

Logophile

If you are reading this blog then you might be a logophile; a person who loves words.  It is formed from the Greek word “Logos” meaning “word" and phile is a suffix meaning “lover of”.

It’s first appearance in print was in the London Sunday Times on February 25, 1959. “We are pretty sure that all Sunday Times readers are natural and inveterate logophiles.”   

Here are a few examples of use:

“How serendipitous is that, since I am both a blogophile and a logophile?”




“There probably isn't a better gift for a logophile or linguist than witticisms and wordplay - the clever kind or the chocolate version of such.”




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