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hodophile

hodophile noun: someone affected by hodophilia; a lover of travelling.

Noun

hodophile (plural hodophiles)

  1. Someone affected by hodophilia; a lover of travelling.
    • I am not speaking of hodophiles, incurable travelers intoxicated by the sense of motion whose circuits are jammed with sensory overload.1991, Travel & Leisure, New York, N.Y.: American Express Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 240
    • Rasmus Peter Kristensen faced a panic attack in his young age which left him away from travelling for a good time. But Rasmus Peter Kristensen, being a hodophile, recreated his travel experiences, now with the best companion, his wife.2020 August 7, “Rasmus Peter Kristensen is an avid traveller who is enthraling his social media followers”, in The Statesman, Kolkata, India: Statesman Ltd., →OCLC, archived from the original on 14...
    Antonyms:
    hodophobe

Examples of hodophile in a sentence

  • See you later, Aviator! / Addie Earhart: After a while, hodophile! / sMarty: WHAT did you just call her?? / Addie Earhart: Hodophile!2021, Dusti Bowling, Across the Desert, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN:
  • With both of us being hodophiles, we went on a lot of road trips and travelled to many places.2021 February 2, Aaria Iyer, Wake Up, Bilaspur, India: Sankalp Publication, →ISBN, page 87:

Antonyms of hodophile

Forms of hodophile

pluralhodophiles

Origin of hodophile

From hodo- (“travel”) + -phile.

Questions about hodophile

What does hodophile mean?
Hodophile means someone affected by hodophilia; a lover of travelling.
How do you use hodophile in a sentence?
See you later, Aviator! / Addie Earhart: After a while, hodophile! / sMarty: WHAT did you just call her?? / Addie Earhart: Hodophile!
What part of speech is hodophile?
Hodophile is a noun.
What is the plural of hodophile?
The plural of hodophile is hodophiles.

Words near hodophile in the dictionary

  1. hodometry
  2. hodonym
  3. hodonymic
  4. hodonyms
  5. hodonymy
  6. hodophile
  7. hodophiles
  8. hodophilia
  9. hodophilic
  10. hodophobe
  11. hodophobes

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