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toxophilite|tɒkˈsɒfɪlaɪt|
[app. f. Toxophil-us (imaginary proper name invented by Ascham, and hence title of his book (1545), intended to mean ‘lover of the bow’ (f. Gr. τόξον bow + ϕίλος lover), for which the regular Gr. formation would have been *ϕιλότοξος: see -phil, philo-) + -ite1: quasi ‘a follower of Toxophilus’.]
A lover or devotee of archery, an archer.
1813J. C. Hobhouse Journey (ed. 2) 929 Memorials of the distance to which some of the Sultans, and other distinguished Toxophilites, have shot their arrows. 1845Thackeray Leg. Rhine viii, His Grace..gives an archery meeting once a year, and prizes for which we toxophilites muster strong. 1868M. E. Braddon Dead Sea Fr. xxi, A triumphant display of his genius as a toxophilite.
b. attrib. Of or pertaining to archers or archery.
1794Sporting Mag. III. 206 That the Toxophilite Society shall not exceed the number of one hundred and sixty subscribing members. 1845Thackeray Leg. Rhine viii, All his new toxophilite friends. 1848― Van. Fair iii, To wear Lincoln Green toxophilite hats and feathers.
Hence (mostly nonce-wds.) toxophilitic |-ˈɪtɪk| a., pertaining or relating to archers or archery; toˈxophilitism, toˈxophilism, toˈxophily, the practice of, or addiction to, archery.
1887All Year Round 29 Sept. 185 The spirit of *toxophilism is essentially different from..the spirit of the age.
1857Chamb. Jrnl. VII. 141 The *toxophilitic proficiency of William Tell.
1840T. Hook in New Monthly Mag. LX. 152 Dressed in green, with hats, and feathers, and quivers, and all the paraphernalia of *toxophilitism.
1887Field 16 July 103/1 Amongst the votaries of *toxophily. 1970M. Gilmore World Away 75 Mervyn had become fascinated by toxophily, and he returned with very beautiful equipment for us all. 1983N.Z. Listener 19 Nov. 67 Toxophily,..a very exclusive and fancy word for the shooting of bows and arrows. |
