Friday words: The "-philes"

[med_cat]

(from the ASAP Science FB page, which got it [giographixnola.tumblr.com])

Nyctophile: a person who loves night, darkness
Selenophile: a person who loves the moon
Pluviophile: a person who loves/takes comfort from rain
Ceraunophile: a person who loves lightning and thunder

Comments

[med_cat]

Indeed...have you ever seen a derecho?

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Yes -- I live in a flat desert.

---L.

[med_cat]

Ah ;) We had the..."pleasure" 3-4 years ago.

It was quite spectacular...