hodophile

English

Etymology

From hodo- (“travel”) +‎ -phile.

Noun

hodophile (plural hodophiles)

1. Someone affected by hodophilia; a lover of travelling.

   Antonym: hodophobe

   • 1991, Travel & Leisure, New York, N.Y.: American Express Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 240:

     I am not speaking of hodophiles, incurable travelers intoxicated by the sense of motion whose circuits are jammed with sensory overload.

   • 2020 August 7, “Rasmus Peter Kristensen is an avid traveller who is enthraling his social media followers”, in The Statesman‎^[1], Kolkata, India: Statesman Ltd., →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-10-14:

     Rasmus Peter Kristensen faced a panic attack in his young age which left him away from travelling for a good time. But Rasmus Peter Kristensen, being a hodophile, recreated his travel experiences, now with the best companion, his wife.

   • 2021, Dusti Bowling, Across the Desert, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN:

     Addie Earhart: Have a great first day! JoJo12: You too! See you later, Aviator! / Addie Earhart: After a while, hodophile! / sMarty: WHAT did you just call her?? / Addie Earhart: Hodophile! It's a person who loves to travel.

   • 2021 February 2, Aaria Iyer, Wake Up, Bilaspur, India: Sankalp Publication, →ISBN, page 87:

     Yes, so we were really close and travelled to so many places. With both of us being hodophiles, we went on a lot of road trips and travelled to many places.

Related terms

• hodophilia
• hodophilic