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audiophile
Meaning: a person deeply devoted to high-quality sound reproduction
audiophile in a sentence
How audiophile is used in real sentences:
My uncle is such an audiophile that he owns three turntables and endless vinyl records.
Because she was a serious audiophile, Maria spent her savings on a specialized amplifier instead of a new phone.
“An audiophile seeking perfectly reproduced sound might object to that haze, but it also became part of the drama.”
— from the passage Inside the Sound
Where it comes from
From Latin audire 'to hear' + Greek philos 'loving'
Word parts
- phil — love
audiophile: audio (sound) + phil (lover) + -e
Memory hook
AUDIO + PHILE (lover of) — someone who loves great audio.
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