Etymology

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Today it means: A person who indulges in and desires information gathering and interpretation. Full definition →

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The story

From info- + -vore; introduced as a scientific term by neuroscientists Irving Biederman and Edward Vessel.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.