"telephonophile" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: telephonophiles [plural]
Etymology: From telephone + -o- + -phile. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|telephone|-o-|-phile}} telephone + -o- + -phile Head templates: {{en-noun}} telephonophile (plural telephonophiles)
  1. A lover of telephones. Tags: rare

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for telephonophile meaning in All languages combined (2.2kB)

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          "ref": "1955 October, The Manitoba Medical Review, page 523, column 1",
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          "ref": "1989, Cadence, volume 15, page 12, column 2",
          "text": "After we ran that caveat about CD's and the CD marketing, we received a number of phone calls (curiously no letters) suggesting we were: behind the times; out of touch with technical advancements and suspect on a number of grounds. So much for the vocal telephonophile.",
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