arctophile
nounUK /ˈɑːktəfaɪl/ · US /ˈɑɹktəˌfaɪl/
Etymology From Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos) + English -phile.
1
One who has a fondness for teddy bears, usually a collector of them.
- On the other hand I am appalled by the ways these "arctophiles" seem to feel for their childhood friends not an informed, reminiscent emotion, but exactly what they felt at 6 with no development at all.1969 October 15, Gillian Tindall, “The bear facts”, in The Guardian (Woman’s Guardian section), London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 2, “Love letters”:
- Related terms
- arctophilia, arctophily, ursophile