Hellenophile, a. and n.
(ˈhɛlɪnəfaɪl)
Also Hellenophil (-fil).
[f. Hellene + -o + -phil, -phile.]
= philhellene a. and n. Also Hellenoˈphilic a.
| 1897 E. A. Bartlett Battlefields of Thessaly iii. 60 A little splutter of Hellenophile and Radical agitation in this country. 1898 [see Armeno-]. 1959 Encounter July 48/1 A few Greek and hellenophil critics acclaimed Kazantzakis's poem as a masterpiece. 1966 Listener 6 Jan. 34/3 Another Hellenophile's reluctant conversion to the spell of the old Turkey. 1970 Nature 21 Nov. 711/1 Travers reports the discovery of another such protein, which in the Hellenophilic tradition of Harvard he duly names psi. |