hodophile

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English

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Etymology

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From hodo- (travel) +‎ -phile.

Noun

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hodophile (plural hodophiles)

  1. Someone affected by hodophilia; a lover of travelling.
    Antonym: hodophobe
    • 1991, Travel & Leisure, New York, N.Y.: American Express Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 240:
      I am not speaking of hodophiles, incurable travelers intoxicated by the sense of motion whose circuits are jammed with sensory overload.
    • 2020 August 7, “Rasmus Peter Kristensen is an avid traveller who is enthraling his social media followers”, in The Statesman[1], Kolkata, India: Statesman Ltd., →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-10-14:
      Rasmus Peter Kristensen faced a panic attack in his young age which left him away from travelling for a good time. But Rasmus Peter Kristensen, being a hodophile, recreated his travel experiences, now with the best companion, his wife.
    • 2021, Dusti Bowling, Across the Desert, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN:
      Addie Earhart: Have a great first day! JoJo12: You too! See you later, Aviator! / Addie Earhart: After a while, hodophile! / sMarty: WHAT did you just call her?? / Addie Earhart: Hodophile! It's a person who loves to travel.
    • 2021 February 2, Aaria Iyer, Wake Up, Bilaspur, India: Sankalp Publication, →ISBN, page 87:
      Yes, so we were really close and travelled to so many places. With both of us being hodophiles, we went on a lot of road trips and travelled to many places.
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