philozoist

philozoist

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + ζῷον (zôion, “animal”) +‎ -ist.

Noun

philozoist (plural philozoists)

1. a lover of all forms of life (as opposed to only humans or those life forms useful to humans)
   • Man, the philozoist observes, may use animals, but he may not abuse them.
     • The Analyst Vol. XII (1837) edited by William Holl and Neville Wood, p. 344

References

• A Dictionary of New Medical Terms (1905) by George Milbry Gould

Anagrams

• zoophilist, zoöphilist