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astrophilic

astrophilic adjective: related to or exhibiting astrophilia.

Adjective

astrophilic (comparative more astrophilic, superlative most astrophilic)

  1. (rare) Related to or exhibiting astrophilia.
    • […] is it specks on my glasses instead of lines of kids that I see in front of the movie houses hereabouts showing Brewster McCloud, the asinine tale of an astrophilic adolescent holing up in Houston's Astrodome; […]1971, New Guard, volumes 11-12, page 24
    • The cosmos is limitless. The theater, with its four pesky walls, is not. The contrast might faze many an astrophilic thespian, but British performer Andrew Dawson has embraced it.2012 May 2, “Space Panorama”, in Philadelphia City Paper

Forms of astrophilic

comparativemore astrophilic
superlativemost astrophilic

Origin of astrophilic

From astro- + -philic.

Questions about astrophilic

What does astrophilic mean?
Astrophilic means related to or exhibiting astrophilia.
What part of speech is astrophilic?
Astrophilic is an adjective.

Words near astrophilic in the dictionary

  1. astrophilatelists
  2. astrophilately
  3. astrophile
  4. astrophiles
  5. astrophilia
  6. astrophilic
  7. astrophilosophy
  8. astrophils
  9. astrophobia
  10. astrophorid
  11. astrophorids

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