Meaning of fluviophile | Babel Free

Definitions

A lover of rivers.

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Examples

“Enough of this lecture⟳ on hydrography by a mere fluviophile. Is it because I was born on a river bank — the Potomac — of river valley ancestors — the Hudson — and grew up in Southern California in the halcyon years when the rivers ran wild in spring⟳ and spread⟳ over the plain; is it because of this conditioning, as well as by fondness for the rivers of Europe — the Seine, Rhone, Var, Arno, Tiber, Tagus, Tyne, and Thames, that I have⟳ come⟳ to love⟳ rivers more than any other form⟳ of water?”

“Now I am a fluviophile, planning a book on Arizona in terms of its river systems.”

““I work⟳ for the state,” I said, thinking I’d tell⟳ him I write⟳ occasionally for Arizona Highways. He laughed. “The state cuts no ice up here. We’re the Salt River Project.” I tried again. “I’m a fluviophile,” I explained. “You’re a what?” “A fluviophile. A lover of rivers.” “I’ll be damned! That’s a new one.” I played my last⟳ card. “I know⟳ Rod McMullin,” I said, naming the manager of the Salt River Project.”

“An extreme example of the southern European rivers is Albania’s Semani River (a name⟳ perhaps recognized only by the most fervent fluviophile).”

“This is a book for fluviophiles, which is to say⟳ that this is a book for me.”

“A self-confessed ‘fluviophile’, David Aaronovich in the Times found the book ‘instructive and entertaining on the subject of riparian disasters, natural and man-made.’”

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