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

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

Is there a word for early birds? :)

[med_cat]

Hee, I don't know, but I'll share with you something my college history prof once mentioned.

She said, "They always say the early bird gets the worm...

...but what about the worm?!"...it certainly wasn't better off b/c it got up early!!!

;))