wordie

[ wur-dee ]

noun

1. a person with an enthusiastic interest in words and language; a logophile:

   a new board game that will appeal to wordies of all ages.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wordie¹

word ( def ) + -ie ( def )

Example Sentences

“Wordie is barely an ice shelf anymore.”

From Seattle Times

The Wordie ice shelve, which holds back four glaciers near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, had a big collapse in 1989, but has lost 87% of its remaining mass since 1997, Davison found.

From Seattle Times

In the lead was the James Caird, the largest boat, with Shackleton, Wild, and ten of the men—McIlroy, Wordie, Hussey, James, Clark, Hurley, McCarthy, Green, McNeish, and Vincent.

From Literature

Somewhere down there is the storekeeper Thomas Orde-Lees' bicycle; the honey jars in which expedition biologist Robert Clark kept his samples; and the rocks geologist James Wordie collected from the bellies of penguins.

From BBC

Fred Wordie, who created the noise generator, told the BBC: "As of this morning, we have had 1.2 million visits. From the UK we have had 50,000 visits."

From BBC