While this list might seem a bit risqué judging from its title, it's not as bad (or good) as you might think. Each of these 114 weird words contains the word element "phil", from ancient Greek phileein to love, and so a 'philia' is a special love, affection, attraction or preference for a certain type of thing. From aerophilately - a pastime practiced by few - to zoophily - a pastime hopefully practiced by few, but unfortunately not - if you're a logophile, you'll love this list. Incidentally, since "zoophily" is regularly one of the Phrontistery's top keywords, a note to any aspiring zoophilists: There's nothing to see here! Get out! As for the rest of you, enjoy!
Word
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Definition
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Aerophilately
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collecting of air-mail stamps
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Ailurophile
|
love of cats
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Ammophilous
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sand-loving; preferring to dwell in sand
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Anemophilous
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pollinated by wind
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Anglophilia
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love or fondness for England or the English
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Anthophilous
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loving or frequenting flowers
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Apodysophilia
|
feverish desire to undress
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Arctophily
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study of teddy bears
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Astrophile
|
person interested in astronomy
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Audiophile
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one who loves accurately reproduced recorded sound
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Belonephilia
|
sexual obsession with sharp objects
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Bibliophily
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love or fondness for books or reading
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Canophilia
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love or fondness for dogs
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Cartophily
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the hobby of collecting cigarette cards
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Chasmophilous
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fond of nooks, crevices and crannies
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Chiropterophilous
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pollinated or frequented by bats
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Chromophilous
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staining easily
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Chrysophilist
|
gold-lover
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Clinophilia
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passion for beds
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Coprophilia
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abnormal love or fondness for feces
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Cynophilist
|
one who loves dogs
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Dendrophilous
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fond of trees
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Discophile
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one who loves and studies sound recordings
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Electrophile
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substance having an affinity for electrons or negative charge
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Entomophilous
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adapted for pollination by insects
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Ergophile
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one who loves work
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Europhile
|
one who loves Europe
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Francophile
|
one who loves France or the French
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Gallophile
|
one who loves France or the French
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Geophilous
|
living in or near the ground
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Germanophilia
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love or fondness for Germany or the Germans
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Gerontophilia
|
sexual attraction towards the elderly
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Gynotikolobomassophile
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one who nibbles on women’s earlobes
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Haemophilia
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hereditary disease causing excesssive bleeding
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Halophilous
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tolerant of salt or salt-water
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Heliophilous
|
preferring or attracted to the sunlight
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Hippophile
|
lover of horses
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Homophile
|
one who prefers the company of the same sex; a homosexual
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Hydrophilous
|
loving or preferring water
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Hygrophilous
|
preferring or living where there is an abundance of moisture
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Iconophilism
|
a taste for pictures and symbols
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Japanophilia
|
love or admiration for Japan or the Japanese
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Labeorphily
|
collection and study of beer bottle labels
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Limnophilous
|
living in ponds or marshes
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Lithophilous
|
living among stones
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Logophile
|
a lover of words
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Lygophilia
|
love of darkness
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Lyophile
|
easily dispersed in a suitable medium
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Malacophilous
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pollinated by snails
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Myrmecophilous
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having a symbiotic relationship with ants
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Necrophilia
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unusual love or sexual attraction for corpses
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Negrophile
|
one who is sympathetic towards black people
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Nemophilist
|
one who loves the woods
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Neophile
|
one who loves novelty and trends
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Nitrophilous
|
flourishing in or preferring locations with abundant nitrogen
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Notaphily
|
collecting of bank-notes and cheques
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Oenophile
|
one who is fond of or loves wine
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Ombrophilous
|
tolerant of large amounts of rainfall
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Ophiophilist
|
snake-lover
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Ornithophilous
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pollinated by birds
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Paedophilia
|
abnormal love or sexual attraction for children
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Palaeophile
|
antiquarian
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Paraphilia
|
any abnormal sexual attraction
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Peristerophily
|
pigeon-collecting
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Petrophilous
|
living on or thriving in rocky areas
|
Philalethist
|
lover of truth
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Philately
|
study of postage stamps
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Philhippic
|
loving or admiring horses
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Phillumeny
|
collecting of matchbox labels
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Philocaly
|
love of beauty
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Philodemic
|
fond of commoners or the lower classes
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Philogyny
|
love of women
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Philomath
|
lover of learning
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Philonoist
|
one who seeks knowledge
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Philopornist
|
lover of prostitutes
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Philotechnical
|
devoted to the arts
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Philotherianism
|
love of animals
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Philoxenia
|
hospitality
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Photophilous
|
preferring or thriving in lighted conditions
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Phytophilous
|
fond of plants
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Pogonophile
|
one who loves beards
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Psammophile
|
sand-loving plant
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Psychrophilic
|
thriving in cold temperatures
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Retrophilia
|
love of things of the past
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Rheophile
|
living or thriving in running water
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Rhizophilous
|
growing or thriving on or near roots
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Russophile
|
one who admires Russia or the Russians
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Sarcophilous
|
fond of flesh
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Sciophilous
|
thriving in or loving shady conditions
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Scopophilia
|
obtaining sexual pleasure from seeing things
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Scotophilia
|
admiration for Scotland or the Scots
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Scripophily
|
collection of bond and share certificates
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Sinophile
|
one who admires China or the Chinese
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Slavophile
|
one who admires the Slavs
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Spermophile
|
member of family of seed-loving rodents
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Stegophilist
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one who climbs buildings for sport
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Stigmatophilia
|
obsession with tattooing or branding
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Symphily
|
living together for mutual benefit
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Technophile
|
one who is fond of technology
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Thalassophilous
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living in or fond of the sea
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Theophile
|
one who loves or is loved by God
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Thermophilous
|
preferring or thriving in high temperatures
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Timbrophily
|
love or fondness for stamps; stamp-collecting
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Tobaccophile
|
one who loves tobacco
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Topophilia
|
great love or affection for a particular place
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Toxophily
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love of archery; archery; study of archery
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Tropophilous
|
flourishing in seasonal extremes of climate
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Turophile
|
cheese lover
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Typhlophile
|
one who is kind to the blind
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Xenophilia
|
love of foreigners
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Xerophily
|
adaptation to very dry conditions
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Xylophilous
|
fond of wood; living in or on wood
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Zoophilia
|
loving or caring for animals; bestiality
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Zoophily
|
loving or caring for animals; bestiality
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