English Explanatory Dictionary

verbivore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who has an enjoyment of words and wordplay.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-verbivore.wav

Word forms

verbivore verbivores

Etymology

From Latin verbum (“word”) + Latin vorax, from vorō (“devour”), on the pattern of herbivore and carnivore; coined in the early 1980s by Richard Lederer.

Synonyms

logophile verbophile word buff

Related words

verbivorous
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