Fluviophile
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fluviophile is a noun meaning (rare) A lover of rivers.
Meaning
(rare) A lover of rivers.
Example Sentences
This is a book for fluviophiles, which is to say that this is a book for me.
Now I am a fluviophile, planning a book on Arizona in terms of its river systems.
An extreme example of the southern European rivers is Albania’s Semani River (a name perhaps recognized only by the most fervent fluviophile).
A self-confessed ‘fluviophile’, David Aaronovich in the Times found the book ‘instructive and entertaining on the subject of riparian disasters, natural and man-made.’
Word Forms
- fluviophiles
Synonyms for fluviophile
Depending on context, synonyms include potamophile.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fluviologist, frogger, profluvium, flome, fiumara, fluviokarst.
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