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bananaphile

bananaphile noun: one who loves bananas.

Noun

bananaphile (plural bananaphiles)

  1. One who loves bananas.
    • Our bananaphiles meanwhile were raising a furor in the newspapers. Why weren’t people eating more bananas? Why weren’t the sick people in the hospitals given bananas to eat instead of questionable eggs and so forth?1967, Moishe Nadir, “The Eatabananists”, in Max Rosenfeld, editor, A Union for Shabbos, and Other Stories of Jewish Life in America, Philadelphia, Pa.: Sholom Aleichem Club Press, page 187
    • Turn page upside down, notice legends on banana cloth wrapping. “Bananaphiles” may have a new collecting interest.1970 November, World Coins, page 1384

Examples of bananaphile in a sentence

  • Within the memory of many an old bananaphile are the days of loss-leader sales in chain stores of bananas, three pounds for a dime.1975 April 4, “Banana Trade Slips Away”, in Spokane Daily Chronicle, 89th year, number 165, Spokane, Wash., page 4:
  • Bananaphiles enjoy a wild look at old age.1977 November 6, Chicago Tribune, 131st year, number 310, section 6, page 23:
  • There are other bona fide bananaphiles in Charlotte — most of the people attending the reception for her show on May 20 enjoying liquid banana surprises had already “gone bananas.”1979 June 3, Michael E. Kampen, “The Banal Banana Finds Its Place In The Arts”, in The Charlotte Observer, 94th year, number 143, page 9F:
  • Most people prefer the first two stages, but bananaphiles know that the brown-flecked is the sweetest.1984 July 8, Malcolm R. Hebert, “Getting Serious About Bananas”, in Sunshine, page 20:

Forms of bananaphile

pluralbananaphiles
alternative formbanana-phile

Origin of bananaphile

From banana + -phile.

Questions about bananaphile

What does bananaphile mean?
Bananaphile means one who loves bananas.
How do you use bananaphile in a sentence?
Within the memory of many an old bananaphile are the days of loss-leader sales in chain stores of bananas, three pounds for a dime.
What part of speech is bananaphile?
Bananaphile is a noun.
What is the plural of bananaphile?
The plural of bananaphile is bananaphiles.

Words near bananaphile in the dictionary

  1. Bananalander
  2. Bananalanders
  3. bananaless
  4. bananalike
  5. bananapants
  6. bananaphile
  7. bananaphiles
  8. bananaphobia
  9. bananaquit
  10. bananaquits
  11. bananaries

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