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phillumenist

phil·lu·men·ist
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fi-loo-muh-nist]
    • /fɪˈlu mə nɪst/
    • /fˈɪluːmˌenɪst/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fi-loo-muh-nist]
    • /fɪˈlu mə nɪst/

Definitions of phillumenist word

  • noun phillumenist a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes. 1
  • noun phillumenist a person who collects matchbox labels 0
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Origin of phillumenist

First appearance:

before 1940
One of the 7% newest English words
1940-45; phil- + Latin lūmen light + -ist

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Parts of speech for Phillumenist

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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phillumenist popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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