This week’s theme
There’s a word for it

This week’s words
cynophobia
phillumenist
virilocal
pathophobia
paragnosis

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(fi-LOO-muh-nist)

MEANING:

noun: A collector of matchboxes, matchbooks, or their labels.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek phil- (loving) + Latin lumen (light). Earliest documented use: 1943.

USAGE:

“‘And a phillumenist, I see,’ I said, pointing my drink in the direction of a tall, though fat crystal vase half filled with matchbooks tucked into one corner of the room.”
Bianca Sloane; Live To Tell; SBB; 2016.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: