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glossophiles

glossophiles is the plural of glossophile.

Meaning of glossophile

Noun

glossophile (plural glossophiles)

  1. Synonym of linguaphile.
    • “Glossophiles” are in no way troubled by the reproduction ad infinitum of the same content, which others may find absurd. For such devotees, languages are love objects. They enjoy the associations between certain sounds and certain meanings; they appreciate diverse types of sentence structure; they...1990, Claude Hagège, translated by Sharon L. Shelly, “Languages as Love Objects”, in The Dialogic Species: A Linguistic Contribution to the Social Sciences (European Perspectives), New York, N.Y....
    Synonyms:
    linguaphile

Questions about glossophiles

What is glossophiles the plural of?
Glossophiles is the plural of glossophile.

Words near glossophiles in the dictionary

  1. glossopharyngeal nerve
  2. glossopharyngeal nerves
  3. glossopharyngeals
  4. glossopharynx
  5. glossophile
  6. glossophiles
  7. glossophilia
  8. glossophobia
  9. glossoplegia
  10. glossopoeia
  11. glossopoeic

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