Ailurophile (noun)
ai-loo-ree-oh-file
A person who loves cats.
First recorded in 1925–30 and comes from Greek aílouro(s), which means “cat” and –phile, meaning “enthusiast for.”
Example sentences
“She’s the local ailurophile, all those cats are hers.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
