Today's Word "toxophilite"
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toxophilite \tok-SOF-uh-lyt\ (noun) - One who is fond of or expert at archery.
"While barely competent with firearms of any sort, Jan was a toxophilite of the highest magnitude, able to pit a cherry with an arrow at over ten yards."
Coined by Roger Ascham (1515-1568), scholar and writer, as a proper name and the title of his book Toxophilus, from Greek toxon (bow) + -philos (loving).
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