logomaniac

English

Etymology

From logo- + -maniac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌlɒɡəˈmeɪniæk/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniæk

Noun

logomaniac (plural logomaniacs)

1. One who is obsessed with words.
   • 1999 June 21, Toby Mundy, “Novel of the week: Timbuktu by Paul Auster”, in New Statesman, retrieved 27 September 2010:

     Willy's speech, like Doc's, is a rolling bricolage of cliche, literary quotation, epigram, advertising slogan and salvage from the past. To some extent, the presence in the book of a drunken logomaniac such as Willy gives Auster's prose a new exuberance.

See also

• logomania