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turriphile

turriphile noun: someone with turriphilia.

Noun

turriphile (plural turriphiles)

  1. Someone with turriphilia.
    • But while these modern turriphiles took to their towers shortly after World War I as bastions of security in what they regarded as the wasteland of Western civilization and heralded their towers extensively in their works, Trump has never revealed his motives.p. 2016, Theodore Ziolkowski, “Donald Trump: From Turrimania to Muromania”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 1

Forms of turriphile

pluralturriphiles

Origin of turriphile

Coined by Theodore Ziolkowski in 1998. Equivalent to Latin turris (“tower”) + -philia, from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía).

Questions about turriphile

What does turriphile mean?
Turriphile means someone with turriphilia.
What part of speech is turriphile?
Turriphile is a noun.
What is the plural of turriphile?
The plural of turriphile is turriphiles.

Words near turriphile in the dictionary

  1. turrilite
  2. turrilites
  3. turrilitid
  4. turrilitids
  5. Turrini
  6. turriphile
  7. turriphiles
  8. turriphilia
  9. turrited
  10. turritella
  11. turritellae

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