Just what _is_ a "logophile"?

from philo- (lover) + logos (word) we got philology, which is now much overloaded; so someone coined logophile to mean specifically 'word lover'.

here are some other interesting logo-words:

logodaedaly - playing with words; capricious coining of words

logolept - a word maniac

logology - the science of words

logomachy - contention about words; a war of words

logomisia - disgust with certain words

logorrhea - excessive and incoherent talking; diarrhea of the mouth