sapiophile
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who is attracted, whether it be sexually, romantically, or otherwise, to intelligence or intelligent people rather than to the physical appearance.
Example Sentences
- "I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm a sapiophile. I'm attracted to intelligent and unique men."
- "She's a registered Sapiophile, a proud Geek since long before Geek was chic and believes that everyone deserves a happily ever after."
- "“My advice to smart single ladies? Go find a^([sic]) emotionally healthy man with high self-esteem,” she says. “He'll most likely be a sapiophile (someone who finds intelligence the most sexually attractive feature), and you'll be good to go!”"
- "I mean, I get the sapiophile thing, but that's still one hell of a stretch."
- "The sapiophiles and muses of Arch Avenue"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin