wordie
[ wur-dee ]
noun
a person with an enthusiastic interest in words and language; a logophile: a new board game that will appeal to wordies of all ages.
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How to use wordie in a sentence
We pushed the ship against a small banded berg, from which wordie secured several large lumps of biotite granite.
South! | Sir Ernest ShackletonHurley took some photographs and wordie came back rejoicing with a little dust and some moss.
South! | Sir Ernest ShackletonHe was muttering something to himsel; but the elder could only hear a wordie noo an' then.
Clark and wordie lived opposite in a room called “Auld Reekie.”
South! | Sir Ernest Shackleton
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