arctophile

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English

WOTD – 20 November 2024
A young arctophile with a teddy bear.

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos
    Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos)lbor.
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-
    Proto-Indo-European *-os
    Proto-Hellenic *pʰílos
    Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor.
    English -phile
    English arctophile

    Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”) + English -phile.[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    arctophile (plural arctophiles)

    2. One who has a fondness for teddy bears, usually a collector of them.
      • 1969 October 15, Gillian Tindall, “The bear facts”, in The Guardian (Woman’s Guardian section), London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 2, “Love letters”:
        On the other hand I am appalled by the ways these "arctophiles" seem to feel for their childhood friends not an informed, reminiscent emotion, but exactly what they felt at 6 with no development at all.

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    1. ^ “arctophile, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos
      Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos)lbor.
      Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-
      Proto-Indo-European *-os
      Proto-Hellenic *pʰílos
      Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor.
      French -phile
      French arctophile

      Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”) + -phile.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      arctophile m or f by sense (plural arctophiles)

      2. arctophile (one who has a fondness for teddy bears)

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