Friday, 21 August 2015

(prefix)phil

Philadelphia    City of Brotherly Love
philalethist    Lover of truth
philander       Have casual love affairs with women
philandrist     Lover of men
philanthropy    Love of humankind
philately       Collector of postage stamps
philauty        Self-love; selfishness
philemalagnia   Sexual excitement as a result of kissing
philharmonic    Music-loving
philhellene     Lover of Greece
philhippic      Horse-loving
phillumenist    Collector of matchboxes of matchbox labels
philobat        One who enjoys coping alone with dangerous and uncertain situations
philobiblist    Lover of books
philocaly       Love of beauty
philocomal      Pertaining to hair care
philocubist     Lover of dice games
philodemic      Fond of the common people
philodespot     One who loves tyranny
philodox        One who is fond of their own opinions
philogeant      One who loves everything on Earth
philographer    Collector of autographs
philogynist     Lover of women
philomath       Lover of learning
philomythist    Lover of mythology
philometrist    Collector of envelopes, etc., for their postal meter impressions
philoneist      Obsessive follower of fads or trends
philonoist      One who seeks knowledge
philopatric     Tendency to remain in a native locality
philophaster    Shallow philosophical dabbler or poseur
philopolemicist One who loves to argue or debate
philopornist    Lover of prostitutes
philoprogenitive        Prolific; characterised by love of offspring
philosemitism   Pro-Jewish
philosophaster  Pretender to philosophy
philosophunculist       Synonym of philosophaster
philophronesis  Use of gentle speech or humble submission to mitigate anger
philosopher     Lover of wisdom
philotecnic     Devoted to the arts
philotheist     Lover of God
philotherian    Lover of animals
philtre Love potion
philothermic    Affinity with warm climates
philoxenist     One who loves to entertain strangers

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