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sapiophile

sapiophile noun: a person who is attracted, whether it be sexually, romantically, or otherwise, to intelligence or intelligent people rather than to the physical appearance.

Noun

sapiophile (plural sapiophiles)

  1. A person who is attracted, whether it be sexually, romantically, or otherwise, to intelligence or intelligent people rather than to the physical appearance.
    • I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm a sapiophile. I'm attracted to intelligent and unique men.2014, Jennifer Gibson Joseph, Daith Hardd: Life, Love and the Beautiful Journey of Finding My Authentic Self, Lulu.com, published 2014, →ISBN
    • She's a registered Sapiophile, a proud Geek since long before Geek was chic and believes that everyone deserves a happily ever after.2014, A. D. Marrow, Love and Other Cosmic Nonsense

Examples of sapiophile in a sentence

  • “He'll most likely be a sapiophile (someone who finds intelligence the most sexually attractive feature), and you'll be good to go!”2015 November 2, Simone Paget, Sarnia Observer:
  • I mean, I get the sapiophile thing, but that's still one hell of a stretch.2016, Kelley Armstrong, Imaginarium 4: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing:
  • The sapiophiles and muses of Arch Avenue2016, T. Dove Lourde, We Rent These Bodies:

Forms of sapiophile

pluralsapiophiles

Origin of sapiophile

From Latin sapiens + -phile.

Questions about sapiophile

What does sapiophile mean?
Sapiophile means a person who is attracted, whether it be sexually, romantically, or otherwise, to intelligence or intelligent people rather than to the physical appearance.
How do you use sapiophile in a sentence?
“He'll most likely be a sapiophile (someone who finds intelligence the most sexually attractive feature), and you'll be good to go!”
What part of speech is sapiophile?
Sapiophile is a noun.
What is the plural of sapiophile?
The plural of sapiophile is sapiophiles.

Words near sapiophile in the dictionary

  1. Sapingit
  2. Sapinit
  3. sapintoxin
  4. sapintoxins
  5. sapio
  6. sapiophile
  7. sapiophiles
  8. sapios
  9. sapiosexual
  10. sapiosexuality
  11. sapiosexuals

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