Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scotophilia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sco-tophil-ia
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A love for the Scots or for Scotland.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As Linda Colley points out, Scotophobia rapidly turns into Scotophilia. The Highlands, instead of producing warriors who threatened the empire, as had happened in 1745, supplies the soldier who will defend and die for it[…]"

Etymology

From Scoto- + -philia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: Scoto
Suffix: philia

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does scotophilia mean?: A love for the Scots or for Scotland.
Where does scotophilia come from?: From Scoto- + -philia.

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