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A.Word.A.Day--phillumenist Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio phillumenist (fuh-LOO-muh-nist) noun One who collects matchbooks or matchboxes. [Phil (o)- + Latin lumen, light.] "Clearly, we don't have room for a matchbox collection. Not that `collection' is quite the word. Janet - let's be clear about this - is no phillumenist." Newnham, David, Lastword: Obsessions: Put those lights out, The Guardian 10 Oct 1998. This week's theme: words derived by adding prefixes. X-Bonus If fortune turns against you even jelly will break your tooth. -Persian Proverb

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