English Explanatory Dictionary

turriphilia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An (often manic) affection for, love of, or attraction (in any form) towards towers or similarly shaped or designed objects.
  2. The urge or desire to build towers.

Word forms

turriphilia

Etymology

Coined by Theodore Ziolkowski in 1998. From Latin turris (“tower”), from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis) + -philia, from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “love, affection”).

Derived words

turriphile turriphiliac
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