Meanings
plural hodophiles
- Someone affected by hodophilia; a lover of travelling.
I am not speaking of hodophiles, incurable travelers intoxicated by the sense of motion whose circuits are jammed with sensory overload.
1991, Travel & Leisure, New York, N.Y.: American Express Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2403 more examples
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.
2020 August 7, “Rasmus Peter Kristensen is an avid traveller who is enthraling his social media followers”, in The Statesman, Kolkata, India: Statesman Ltd., →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Oct 2020Addie 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, Dusti Bowling, Across the Desert, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, →ISBNYes, 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.
2021 February 2, Aaria Iyer, Wake Up, Bilaspur, India: Sankalp Publication, →ISBN, page 87Antonyms: hodophobe
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone affected by hodophilia; a lover of travelling.
Origin
From hodo- (“travel”) + -phile.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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