DORYPHORE

PRONUNCIATION: (DOR-uh-for)

MEANING: noun: A pedantic or persistent critic.

ETYMOLOGY: From French doryphore (Colorado beetle, a potato pest), from Greek doruphoros (spear carrier). The author Harold Nicolson brought the word to English in its current sense. Earliest documented use: 1952.

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PORYPHORE - any member of the second phylum of the animal kingdom

DORYPHONE - part of the communication system on a lifeboat