radiophile

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noun

Any radiophilic organism.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounradiophile (plural radiophiles)

plural radiophiles

  1. One who loves radio (transmissions) or radios, or one who collects radios.

    This handsome coffee-table book is a fine testament to how seriously the author took that assignment. If you’re a true radiophile too, you'll want to have a copy of it.

    2007 August 1, Kieron Murphy, “The Radio of the Golden Age of Radio”, in IEEE Spectrum, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2023
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    Dr. Wind, with the object of eliminating what he, a radiophile, termed “the static of personal relationship,” had his impregnable child tested psychometrically at the Institute by a couple of outsiders, young Dr. Stern and his smiling wife (I am Louis and this is Christina).

    1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 4.3, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 90

Origin

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APA

radiophile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiophile

MLA

“radiophile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiophile. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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