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ailihphilia

ailihphilia noun: a love of palindromes.

Noun

ailihphilia (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, nonce-word) A love of palindromes.
    • Of course, there is also ailihphilia (palindrome fetishism). X-(:^)1996 August 25, :Sparky: [username], “Gynadromorphophiliac Question”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet)
    • A fear of Palindromes......
      I have ailihphilia.1999 September 30, Steve Barnes, “Re: The fear”, in rec.humor (Usenet)

Antonyms of ailihphilia

Origin of ailihphilia

Deliberately constructed to be a palindrome, combining the suffix -philia with its reversed spelling.

Questions about ailihphilia

What does ailihphilia mean?
Ailihphilia means a love of palindromes.
What part of speech is ailihphilia?
Ailihphilia is a noun.

Words near ailihphilia in the dictionary

  1. ailette
  2. ailettes
  3. ailevator
  4. ailevators
  5. Ailie
  6. ailihphilia
  7. ailin'
  8. ailing
  9. ailings
  10. Ailish
  11. aillt

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