zoophilistnoun
Factsheet
What does the noun zoophilist mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zoophilist. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the noun zoophilist?
| 1840 | 0.00005 |
| 1850 | 0.0002 |
| 1860 | 0.0003 |
| 1870 | 0.0005 |
| 1880 | 0.0009 |
| 1890 | 0.0013 |
| 1900 | 0.0015 |
| 1910 | 0.0016 |
| 1920 | 0.0016 |
| 1930 | 0.0015 |
| 1940 | 0.0013 |
| 1950 | 0.0008 |
| 1960 | 0.0005 |
| 1970 | 0.0005 |
| 1980 | 0.0003 |
| 1990 | 0.0003 |
| 2000 | 0.0003 |
| 2010 | 0.0003 |
How is the noun zoophilist pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the noun zoophilist come from?
Earliest known use
1820s
The earliest known use of the noun zoophilist is in the 1820s.
OED's earliest evidence for zoophilist is from 1829, in Hull Packet.
zoophilist is formed within English, by compounding.
Etymons: zoo- comb. form, ‑philist comb. form.
Nearby entries
- zoopathologist, n.1898–
- zoopathology, n.1841–
- zoophagan, n. & adj.1835–
- zoophagic, adj.1903–
- zoophagous, adj.1788–
- zoophagy, n.1849–
- zoophile, n.1885–
- zoophilia, n.1894–
- zoophilic, adj.1884–
- zoophilism, n.1867–
- zoophilist, n.1829–
- zoophilite, n.1879–
- zoophilous, adj.1881–
- zoophily, n.1830–
- zoophobia, n.1888–
- zoophysical, adj.1820–
- zoophysics, n.1887–
- zoophysiology, n.1803–
- zoophytal, adj.1756–
- zoophyte, n.1606–
- zoophytic, adj.1808–
Etymology
Meaning & use
- 1829–A person who is emotionally attached to animals, an animal lover; an opponent of cruelty to animals. Cf. zoophily n. 1.
- 1829
A species of animal which is likely to become a great favourite among our female zoophilists.
Hull Packet 17 November - a1843
Our Philosopher and Zoophilist..advised those who consulted him as to the best manner of taking and destroying rats.
R. Southey, Doctor (1847) vol. VII. 326 - 1895
None of us Zoophilists have ever pleaded for equal rights for animals with men.
Contemporary Review October 502 - 1910
Sentimental zoophilists have so severely condemned, discoveries whose value to the world are many times greater than the cost of the institution.
Science 15 July 92/1 - 1951
Not uninfluenced by the fact that she, like he, was a zoophilist.
Economica vol. 18 299 - 1994
Some zoophilists secretly hoped that modern Catholic teaching would dispense with these medieval attitudes.
Sunday Times (Nexis) 30 October
- zoophilist1829–A person who is emotionally attached to animals, an animal lover; an opponent of cruelty to animals. Cf. zoophily, n. 1.
- philozoist1869–A lover of animals.
- zoophilite1879–An opponent of cruelty to animals, esp. an antivivisectionist. Cf. zoophile, n. 1, zoophilist, n.
- zoophilist1829–A person who is emotionally attached to animals, an animal lover; an opponent of cruelty to animals. Cf. zoophily, n. 1.
- zoophilite1879–An opponent of cruelty to animals, esp. an antivivisectionist. Cf. zoophile, n. 1, zoophilist, n.
- bestiarian1882–A person opposed to vivisection.
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values
- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige
Vowels
- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot
Forms
Variant forms
- 1800s–1900szo-ophilist
Frequency
zoophilist typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zoophilist is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zoophilist, n., 1840–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1840 | 0.00005 |
| 1850 | 0.0002 |
| 1860 | 0.0003 |
| 1870 | 0.0005 |
| 1880 | 0.0009 |
| 1890 | 0.0013 |
| 1900 | 0.0015 |
| 1910 | 0.0016 |
| 1920 | 0.0016 |
| 1930 | 0.0015 |
| 1940 | 0.0013 |
| 1950 | 0.0008 |
| 1960 | 0.0005 |
| 1970 | 0.0005 |
| 1980 | 0.0003 |
| 1990 | 0.0003 |
| 2000 | 0.0003 |
| 2010 | 0.0003 |