Hugophile

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French hugophile, equivalent to Hugo +‎ -phile.

Noun

Hugophile (plural Hugophiles)

1. An admirer of French writer Victor Hugo (1802–1885).
   • 2005, John Stokes, “Peacocks and pearls: Oscar Wilde and Sarah Bernhardt”, in The French Actress and Her English Audience, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 143:

     But when Wilde did finally get to visit his idol's home (Swinburne, another Hugophile had been a recent visitor) Hugo promptly fell asleep.¹⁶ He was, after all, quite ancient: eighty-one.

Related terms

• Hugolater
• Hugolatry