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videophile

/ˈvɪd.i.əˌfaɪl/

videophile noun: a connoisseur of video, particularly one who values high-definition and otherwise high-quality video.

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Noun

videophile (plural videophiles)

  1. A connoisseur of video, particularly one who values high-definition and otherwise high-quality video
  2. A fan of video games.
    • We appreciate the response we have received from videophiles of the world who have made our games so popular.Atari advertisement, early 1980s, quoted in 2010, Steven Levy, Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution (page 280)

Forms of videophile

pluralvideophiles

Origin of videophile

From video- + -phile.

Questions about videophile

What does videophile mean?
Videophile means a connoisseur of video, particularly one who values high-definition and otherwise high-quality video.
What part of speech is videophile?
Videophile is a noun.
How do you pronounce videophile?
Videophile is pronounced /ˈvɪd.i.əˌfaɪl/.
What is the plural of videophile?
The plural of videophile is videophiles.

Words near videophile in the dictionary

  1. videomorphometric
  2. videomorphometry
  3. videonystagmographic
  4. videonystagmography
  5. videooculography
  6. videophile
  7. videophiles
  8. videophilia
  9. videophobia
  10. videophone
  11. videophones

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