Zoophilite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Zoophilite is a noun meaning (chiefly dated, rare) A person who is fond of animals.
Meaning
(chiefly dated, rare) A person who is fond of animals.
Example Sentences
She is first and foremost a zoophilite and as such has no fear whatever of wild animals.
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.
Word Forms
- zoophilites
Synonyms for zoophilite
Depending on context, synonyms include zoophilist.
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