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operaphile

operaphile noun: one who enthusiastically enjoys opera.

Noun

operaphile (plural operaphiles)

  1. One who enthusiastically enjoys opera.
    • Even a cinemaphobe operaphile ought to score twenty or more. .1986, “Quarterly Quiz: I Heard It At The Movies”, in The opera quarterly, volume 4, numbers 1-2
    • For an operaphile, this meaning derives from the subjectivity of the resonance between vocal jouissance and the unconscious, that is, the preverbal bond with the mother, separation and individuation from this first Other, and the acquisition of language and meaning.2014, Dominic Symonds, Millie Taylor, Gestures of Music Theater: The Performativity of Song and Dance, →ISBN

Forms of operaphile

pluraloperaphiles

Origin of operaphile

From opera + -phile.

Questions about operaphile

What does operaphile mean?
Operaphile means one who enthusiastically enjoys opera.
What part of speech is operaphile?
Operaphile is a noun.
What is the plural of operaphile?
The plural of operaphile is operaphiles.

Words near operaphile in the dictionary

  1. operandum
  2. operant
  3. operant conditioning
  4. operantly
  5. operants
  6. operaphile
  7. operaphiles
  8. operaphobe
  9. operaphobes
  10. operas
  11. operas bouffes

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