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Sep 19, 2024
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Words made with combining forms

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polyandry
hypernym
arthroplasty
neophile
hierophant

neophile
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neophile

PRONUNCIATION:
(NEE-uh-fyl)

MEANING:
noun: One who loves new or novel things.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek neo- (new) + -phile (lover). The opposite is neophobe.

USAGE:
“My inner neophile adores discovering a feature I’ve never come across before.”
Helen Coffey; Luxury Escape; The Independent (London, UK); Feb 16, 2020.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams. -Jeremy Irons, actor (b. 19 Sep 1948)

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