turriphile

English

Etymology

Coined by Theodore Ziolkowski in 1998. Equivalent to Latin turris (“tower”) + -philia, from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía).

Noun

turriphile (plural turriphiles)

1. Someone with turriphilia.
   • p. 2016, Theodore Ziolkowski, “Donald Trump: From Turrimania to Muromania”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], page 1:

     But while these modern turriphiles took to their towers shortly after World War I as bastions of security in what they regarded as the wasteland of Western civilization and heralded their towers extensively in their works, Trump has never revealed his motives.