A “logophile” (LAW-guh-file) – from the Latin for “speech” + “lover” – is a word buff.
Example (as used by Don Hauptman today): “As my logophile friend Charles Harrington Elster notes, the parsimonious official imposed severe luxury taxes and stringent austerity measures in an attempt to revive the French economy after the Seven Years’ War.”
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