Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hugophile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hugophile
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An admirer of French writer Victor Hugo (1802–1885).

Example Sentences

"But when Wilde did finally get to visit his idol's home (Swinburne, another Hugophile had been a recent visitor) Hugo promptly fell asleep.¹⁶ He was, after all, quite ancient: eighty-one."

Etymology

Borrowed from French hugophile, equivalent to Hugo + -phile.

Inflected Forms

Hugophiles (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Hugolater Hugolatry

Questions

What does hugophile mean?: An admirer of French writer Victor Hugo (1802–1885).
Where does hugophile come from?: Borrowed from French hugophile, equivalent to Hugo + -phile.

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