-PHILOUS


Meaning of -PHILOUS in English

a combining form meaning "liking," "having an affinity for" that specified by the initial element: dendrophilous. Cf. -philic .

[ -philus -philos. See -PHILE, -OUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .