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noun
An (often manic) affection for, love of, or attraction (in any form) towards towers or similarly shaped or designed objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
The urge or desire to build towers.
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Usage: uncountable
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History
Coined by Theodore Ziolkowski in 1998. From Latin turris (“tower”), from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis) + -philia, from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “love, affection”).
