nemophilous

English

Adjective

nemophilous (comparative more nemophilous, superlative most nemophilous)

1. (rare) Fond of forests.
   • 1965, The New Yorker (volume 41, part 3, page 49)

     The general scenery is spellbinding, both underfoot as well as to the sides. To my joy and sheer wonder, your son Buddy has turned out to be utterly and thrillingly nemophilous!

   • 2014, Neil Baker, Occultus Liber, page 36:

     For the thorns and briers need a good scouring, confessing, in words, allegiance to a nobler, nemophilous wolf.