Logophile Definition, Etymology, and Use

Logophile Definition, Etymology, and Use A logophile is an admirer of words. Likewise called aâ word darling or philologos. A related term is logomaniac, characterized by the Oxford English Dictionary as an individual who is fanatically keen on words. EtymologyFrom the Greek, word love Models and Observations I am a long lasting logophile if not a without a doubt verbivore. I have a decent ear and a decent memory for words, its only a sort of spasm or stunt, the manner in which some fortunate individuals can improvise in the wake of hearing it once or check cards at blackjack or spot good luck charms. Bizarre and particular words will in general cabin in my psyche, where they stick around, regularly for a considerable length of time, until I need them. American English has an incredibly rich jargon and we regularly utilize such an insignificant slice of it; I think that is a disgrace, or perhaps it is smarter to state I consider it an invitation.I compose with two word references directly at my elbow . . .. I anticipate visiting my word references over again every time I plunk down to compose. The equivalent goes for when Im perusing and I run over an obscure word: Quaternions? Yippee! I get the chance to go to the dictionary!I know that is likely sort of abnormal. I surmise I am dependin g on the readership of freaks.(Michael Chabon, Questions for Michael Chabon. The New York Times, Feb. 8, 2007)I am a clinical logophile, and in utilizing words, I will frequently go to the Greek or Latin roots; doing so causes me use words more precisely.(Robert B. Taylor, Medical Writing: A Guide for Clinicians, Educators, and Researchers, second ed. Springer, 2011) Jargon Building[The] doubt of new words, a dislike of verbal curiosity, is obtained in school from dismal English instructors still in bondage to Hemingwayesque simplicities. You know their central buzzword from your own school days: consistently utilize the straightforward word, class! Never search out an equivalent word or fascinating outside term. Thank heavens I had a dad who educated the inverse: consistently find the rarest yet still right word. By doing that, a youthful understudy achieves two things. You extend your jargon and you flummox appointed instructive position, in particular the dull teacher.( Bill Casselman, Where a Dobdob Meets a Dikdik: A Word Lovers Guide to the Weirdest, Wackiest, and Wonkiest Lexical Gems. Adams Media, 2010)The Sweetest-Sounding Words in English (1950)While the greater part of the words that [columnist Frank] Colby talks about are proposed by his perusers, Colby reversed the situation in 1942 by asking them: What are the most mellifluous En glish words? The best ten by mainstream vote: mother, memory, Cellophane, bellboy, despairing, belladonna, flamingo, wild, tambourine, lavender. A week ago Logophile Colby announced the consequences of another perusers survey. Mother had slipped a piece, yet was as yet recorded among the best ten. There were eight new top picks. The 1950 hit march: tune, children's song, mimosa, memory, smooth, mother, moonbeam, mumbling, excellent, lanolin.(The Press: Mimosa, Moonbeams Memory. Time magazine, Jan. 30, 1950) Making KingdomsA love of words originates from crafted by messing with language. We learn words by hearing them, moving them around on our tongues and in our psyches like a little kid does as she learns language. An individual who adores language plays with ithears words and connections them with different sounds, different implications, and different words. The examples and hints of language are intriguing to the admirer of words. From these associations, numerous artists discover sonnets. Verse comes as Harry Behn composes (1968) from beginning to look all starry eyed at language. Rebecca Kai Dotlich says in A Kingdom of Words, that a word may appear to be only a word, however an artist can make a realm around it.(Barbara Chatton, Using Poetry Across the Curriculum: Learning to Love Language. Greenwood, 2010) Otherwise called: word darling, philologos