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dogophile

dogophile noun: a lover of dogs; a cynophile.

Noun

dogophile (plural dogophiles)

  1. (informal, rare) A lover of dogs; a cynophile.
    • As a psychologist with a Ph.D. in cognitive science, as well as an ardent dogophile, Horowitz aims “to take an informed imaginative leap inside of a dog — to see what it is like to be a dog; what the world is like from a dog’s point of view.”2009 September 13, Cathleen Schine, “Grrr, Sniff, Arf”, in New York Times

Forms of dogophile

pluraldogophiles

Origin of dogophile

From dog + -phile.

Questions about dogophile

What does dogophile mean?
Dogophile means a lover of dogs; a cynophile.
What part of speech is dogophile?
Dogophile is a noun.
What is the plural of dogophile?
The plural of dogophile is dogophiles.

Words near dogophile in the dictionary

  1. Dogon
  2. Dogons
  3. dogooder
  4. dogooders
  5. dogoodery
  6. dogophile
  7. dogophiles
  8. Dogos Argentinos
  9. dogote
  10. dogotes
  11. dogoyaro

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