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/fi looh"meuh nist/, n.a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.[1940-45; PHIL- + L lumen light + -IST]
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phillumenist
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phillumenist — noun Etymology: phil + Latin lumen light more at luminary Date: 1943 one who collects matchbooks or matchbox labels … New Collegiate Dictionary
phillumenist — noun A person who collects matchboxes. See Also: phillumeny … Wiktionary
Phillumenist — Phil|lu|me|nịst, der; en, en (bildungsspr.): Sammler von Streichholzschachteln od. deren Etiketten … Universal-Lexikon
Phillumenist — Phil|lu|me|nist der; en, en <zu ↑...ist> Sammler von Streichholzschachteln od. Streichholzschachteletiketten … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
phillumenist — fɪ luËmÉ™nɪst n. one who collects matchbooks or matchboxes … English contemporary dictionary
phillumenist — [fɪ lu:mənɪst] noun a collector of matchbox or matchbook labels. Derivatives phillumeny noun Origin 1940s: from phil + L. lumen light + ist … English new terms dictionary
phillumenist — phil·lu·men·ist … English syllables
phillumenist — A collector of matchbooks or matchboxes … Grandiloquent dictionary
phillumenist — n. collector of matchbox labels … Dictionary of difficult words
Phillumenist — Phil|lu|me|nịst, der; en, en … Die deutsche Rechtschreibung
