Definitions
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- noun a lover of
combs
Etymologies
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From Greek κτεις ‘comb’.
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Examples
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Making a show of looking for his comb which is, as usual, lost, suspect is known as a notorious ctenophile ...
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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