Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zoophilite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zoophilite
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who is fond of animals.

Dated

Example Sentences

"At the end of some three-score years since the earliest was founded, the various Zoophilite Societies in the Kingdom — Societies for Prevention of Cruelty, Anti-vivisection Societies, and Homes for Horses and for Lost Dogs — may possibly possess, including legacies and subscriptions, some forty thousand a-year between them all."
"She is first and foremost a zoophilite and as such has no fear whatever of wild animals."

Etymology

From zoo- + -philite.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: zoo
Suffix: philite

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

zoophilites (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

zoophilia zoophile

Synonyms

zoophilist

Questions

What does zoophilite mean?: A person who is fond of animals.
Where does zoophilite come from?: From zoo- + -philite.

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