wordnik

Meaning

Noun

A person who is highly interested in using and knowing the meanings of new words.

Origin

From .
From the Slavic suffix, as seen on Russian: -ник. This suffix experienced a surge in English coinages for nicknames and diminutives after the 1957 Russian launch of the Sputnik spacecraft.

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