• Toxophilite

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /tÉ’kˈsÉ’fɪlʌɪt/

    Origin

    From Toxophilus, the title of a 1535 book by Roger_Ascham intended to mean ‘lover of the bow’, from Ancient Greek τοξον (toxon, "bow") + φίλος (philos, "love") + -ite.

    Full definition of toxophilite

    Adjective

    toxophilite

    1. Pertaining to archery

    Noun

    toxophilite

    (plural toxophilites)
    1. Someone keen on or an expert at archery
      • 1857, Anthony_Trollope, , Volume the Second, page 100 (ISBN 1857150570)Here the gardens of the place encroached with a somewhat wide sweep upon the paddock, and gave ample room for the doings of the toxophilites. Miss Thorne got together such daughters of Diana as could bend a bow, and marshalled them to the targets.

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