AMATORCULIST

PRONUNCIATION: (uh-ma-TOR-kyuh-list)

MEANING: noun: A pretend or insignificant lover.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin amatorculus (a little lover), diminutive of amator (lover), from amor (love). Earliest documented use: 1731.
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AMAT OCULIST - he loves his eye doctor

AMA TORCH LIST - the Spirit of Medicine lives, and these people have agreed to help carry it

A MOTOR C.U. LIST - the Consumers' Union's annual issue of Consumer Reports, devoted exclusively to automobiles