verbivore

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From Latin verbum (word) +‎ Latin vorax, from vorō (devour), on the pattern of herbivore and carnivore; coined in the early 1980s by Richard Lederer.

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verbivore (plural verbivores)

  1. (humorous) One who has an enjoyment of words and wordplay.

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