lygophilia
lygophilia noun: the love of darkness.
Noun
lygophilia (uncountable)
- The love of darkness.
Origin of lygophilia
From Ancient Greek λύγη (lúgē, “twilight”) and φιλέω (philéō, “I love”).
Words that rhyme with lygophilia
- aquaphilia
- bibliophilia
- biophilia
- microphilia
- necrophilia
- philia
- -philia
- ephebophilia
- geophilia
- gerontophilia
- pedophilia
- trichophilia
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- vorarephilia
- xenophilia
- zoophilia
- androphilia
- aptophilia
- asphyxiophilia
- autoandrogynemorphophilia
- autoandrophilia
- autogynandromorphophilia
- autogynephilia
- autonepiophilia
- cilia
- claustrophilia
- coprophilia
- discophilia
- eproctophilia
- glossophilia
- haemophilia
- inflatophilia
- Japanophilia
- juvenilia
- Kabylia
- klismaphilia
- Laconophilia
- limnophilia
- lithophilia
- logophilia
- macrophilia
- milia
- nyctophilia
- opacarophilia
- plushophilia
- scopophilia
- sillier
- teratophilia
- urophilia
Questions about lygophilia
- What does lygophilia mean?
- Lygophilia means the love of darkness.
- What part of speech is lygophilia?
- Lygophilia is a noun.
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