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Sound
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noun
One who has an enjoyment of words and wordplay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin verbum (“word”) + Latin vorax, from vorō (“devour”), on the pattern of herbivore and carnivore; coined in the early 1980s by Richard Lederer.
