toxophilite
Meanings
adj
- Pertaining to archery.
noun
- Someone keen on or an expert at archery; a lover or practitioner of archery.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Toxophilus, the title of a 1545 book by Roger Ascham intended to mean ‘lover of the bow’, from Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon, “bow”) + φίλος (phílos, “love”); equivalent to τόξον (tóxon) + -philite.
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