Definitions For Toxophilite

Noun

TOXOPHILITE (plural TOXOPHILITEs) Someone keen on or an expert at archery; a lover or practitioner of archery.

Related terms

{{rel-top}} toxophiliac toxophily toxophilous {{rel-bottom}}

Adjective

{{en-adj, ?}} Pertaining to archery.

Etymology

from/"/>w:roger_ascham/">from toxophilus, the title of a 1545 book by [[w:roger_ascham + href="/define/roger ascham intended to mean ‘lover of the bow’, from "bow" + φίλος/">roger ascham]] intended to mean ‘lover of the bow’, from "bow" + φίλος + + love + ite.

Is Toxophilite a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
23
Words with Friends
24

The word Toxophilite is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends

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