wordie
US/ˈwɝdi/
wordie noun: someone interested in words; especially, one enthusiastic about the study of word use but not bent on being pedantic about usage prescription. Also the diminutive of word.
Noun
wordie (plural wordies)
- Someone interested in words; especially, one enthusiastic about the study of word use but not bent on being pedantic about usage prescription.
- you probably have an inner grammando […] One who constantly corrects others’ linguistic mistakes. […] There’s another new word—wordie—that captures the alternative to being a grammando. Added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in 2018, wordie describes someone who delights in language’s shifting...2024, Anne Curzan, Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words, Crown, →ISBN, page viii-ix
- Synonyms:
- word lover, logophile, lexophile
Also used as
wordie is also the diminutive of word.
Synonyms of wordie
Forms of wordie
| plural | wordies |
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Origin of wordie
From word + -ie; the enthusiast sense is parallel in nature with foodie and was probably influenced by it.
Words that rhyme with wordie
Questions about wordie
- What does wordie mean?
- Wordie means someone interested in words; especially, one enthusiastic about the study of word use but not bent on being pedantic about usage prescription.
- What part of speech is wordie?
- Wordie is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wordie?
- Wordie is pronounced /ˈwɝdi/ (US).
- What is the plural of wordie?
- The plural of wordie is wordies.
Words near wordie in the dictionary
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