turriphile

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noun

Someone with turriphilia.

OriginLatin turris ← Ancient Greek φιλία →
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Meanings

nounturriphile (plural turriphiles)

plural turriphiles

  1. Someone with turriphilia.

    But while these modern turriphiles took to their towers shortly after World War I as bastions of security in what they regarded as the wasteland of Western civilization and heralded their towers extensively in their works, Trump has never revealed his motives.

    p. 2016, Theodore Ziolkowski, “Donald Trump: From Turrimania to Muromania”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 1

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekφιλία
  2. Latinturris“tower”
  3. Englishturriphile

Coined by Theodore Ziolkowski in 1998. Equivalent to Latin turris (“tower”) + -philia, from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía).

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APA

turriphile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turriphile

MLA

“turriphile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turriphile. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turriphile,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turriphile.

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