Re: new word

On Fri, 27 Sep 2013 06:09:19 -0600, Alfred Langer <[email protected]>  
wrote:

> I submit a new word for your consideration: dogophile- a lover of dogs.

Not a new word, I'm afraid.  Google Books has English examples dated as  
far back as 1919[1], and one in French(!) from 1873[2].  Wiktionary's had  
an entry since 2011[3].


[1] http://books.google.com/books?id=eA8PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA107&dq=dogophile
     "If, as some of our dogophile friends would seem to imply, [...]"
[2] http://books.google.com/books?id=8sdUAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA411&dq=dogophile
     "Après avoir lu ces pages, si on les lit, on me traitera de «  
dogophile »
      plutôt que de « philanthrope » [...]"
[3] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dogophile
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frath.net

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