I understand that "linguaphile" is defined as a lover of languages and words. However, is there a word that defines a lover ONLY for words and vocabulary (as opposed to a lover for words as well as languages)?
The idea that it is in his eyes imperfect and requires his guiding hand in a rewrite is one of CJ's little fantasies. We try to indulge him in his harmless notions whenever we can. After all the poor old fellow is 179 years old and now exists solely as a brain in a jar. What was left of his body was apparently buried at midnight at the crossroads with a stake through the heart.
Or is that Dracula I'm thinking of ?
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
I posted those from the online Grandiloquent Dictionary when we first started here. Since then, I have learned a lot more about words and realize that some of those listed probably aren't accepted words....though, we really haven't decided what an accepted word is. I think we all agree that it doesn't have to be in OED. Since the OED doesn't ever take out a word, that isn't even definitive. Furthermore, there are new words that don't get included, and at least some of us think that sometimes the OED has made mistakes.
So, don't take that list from the online Grandiloquent Dictionary to heart. Still, I think "logophile" is the correct word for lover of words.
There was no Greek word for 'word' as such, so 'logophile' is as good as any. But if you're trying to spread words, how about the well-bred 'glottophile' in place of this ghastly chimaera 'linguaphile'?
Wow. I have just asked a simple question, and in turn, I have received an extensive amount, even a surfeit of answers and responses. The vast knowledge in diction that all of you clearly possess is truly something one (like me) must aspire to!
