Meaning & use
Orophile
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A person who loves mountains and mountainous regions.
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As a lifelong orophile, she spent every vacation trekking through the Alps.
The travel blog caters to orophiles seeking remote alpine trails.
A note on using this word
Built from the Greek roots 'oros' (mountain) and 'philos' (loving); a rare word more often found in word-lover collections than in everyday speech.
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mountain lover
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