This Week’s Fun & Fancy Word: Pyrophile!
This Week’s Fun & Fancy Word Is:
You got your anglophiles (people who love all things British), your bibliophiles (people who just can’t get enough books), and your audiophiles (folks who are enthusiastic about high-quality music reproduction). There’s also the pyrophiles. No, that isn’t someone with an irresistible impulse to watch something burn – that’s a pyromaniac. But pyrophiles do love a good fire. Whether it’s the household-warming version in the fireplace, or the celebratory fireworks that light up the sky on noteworthy occasions.
Etymology:
Origin of Pyrophile
The prefix pyro- has a predecessor in the Greek pyr meaning “fire.” The suffix phile originates from the Greek philos, which means lover or enthusiast of a specific thing. Put them together and you’ve got pyrophile, a lover of fire.
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Endnotes:
“What Kind of Lover Are You?” Merriam Webster Dictionary. https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/top-10-particular-kinds-of-lovers
“-phile.” Dictionary.com https://www.dictionary.com/browse/phile
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