English edit

Etymology edit

auto- +‎ -phile[1]

Noun edit

autophile (plural autophiles)

  1. An automobile enthusiast.
    • 2007 July 19, Virginia Heffernan, “A Congregation Gathers to Worship the Shiny Hot Rod”, in New York Times[1]:
      The autophiles hang around a big, fluorescent-lighted garage with cars on cinder blocks, ostensibly in competition for a job, and they talk to the camera in between sessions at the sander or other machines.

References edit

  1. ^ autophile, n.”, in OED Online  , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.