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nemophilous

nemophilous adjective: fond of forests.

Adjective

nemophilous (comparative more nemophilous, superlative most nemophilous)

  1. (rare) Fond of forests.
    • The general scenery is spellbinding, both underfoot as well as to the sides. To my joy and sheer wonder, your son Buddy has turned out to be utterly and thrillingly nemophilous!1965, The New Yorker (volume 41, part 3, page 49)
    • For the thorns and briers need a good scouring, confessing, in words, allegiance to a nobler, nemophilous wolf.2014, Neil Baker, Occultus Liber, page 36

Forms of nemophilous

comparativemore nemophilous
superlativemost nemophilous

Origin of nemophilous

From Ancient Greek νέμος (némos) + -philous.

Questions about nemophilous

What does nemophilous mean?
Nemophilous means fond of forests.
What part of speech is nemophilous?
Nemophilous is an adjective.

Words near nemophilous in the dictionary

  1. nemonychids
  2. nemophila
  3. nemophilas
  4. nemophilist
  5. nemophilists
  6. nemophilous
  7. nemopterid
  8. nemopterids
  9. nemoral
  10. Nemorensian
  11. nemoricole

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