-philiac
suff.(后缀)
语源
suff.(后缀)
- One that has a tendency toward:
表示“有…倾向的人”:
hemophiliac.
血友病患者 - One that has an abnormal attraction to:
表示“有不正常爱好的人”:
coprophiliac.
嗜粪者
语源
- -philia
-philia - -ac
-ac
-philiac
Word Origin
1
a combining form occurring in personal nouns that correspond to nouns ending in -philia:
hemophiliac; necrophiliac.
Origin
< Greek -philiakos; see -philia, -ac
-philiac
noun combining form
hemophiliac
2. one having an abnormal appetite or liking for
coprophiliac
adjective combining form
1. having an abnormal appetite or liking for
pedophiliac
2. having admiration or partiality for
Anglophiliac
I |
ETYMOLOGY New Latin -philia + Greek -akos, adjective suffix
1. one having a tendency towardhemophiliac
2. one having an abnormal appetite or liking for
coprophiliac
II |
1. having an abnormal appetite or liking for
pedophiliac
2. having admiration or partiality for
Anglophiliac
-philiac
Suffix
- someone with tendency towards something, or an abnormal attraction to something
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -philiac