See also: Phillumenist
Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Pronunciation
- 1.3 Noun
- 1.3.1 Related terms
- 1.3.2 Translations
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From phil- (“love of”) + Latin lumen (“light”) + -ist.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
phillumenist (plural phillumenists)
- A person who collects match-related items, like matchbox labels, matchboxes, matchbooks, or matchbook covers.
1948 May, A. J. Cruse, “I am a Phillumenist: Match-Box Labels as a Hobby”, in Chambers's Journal[1], page 238:
There is a new and happy breed, the Phillumenists, better known as Match-box Label collectors.
1984, Stephen Hughes, Pop Culture Mania: Collecting 20th-Century Americana for Fun and Profit[2], New York: McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, →OL, page 207:
To be a real phillumenist, however, requires that one take his assorted books and "shuck" them, "press" them, and then categorize them according to subject, era, size, and maker.
2012 January 23, Jennifer Johnson, “Kit Nelson” (30:10 from the start), in Alcatraz, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Edwin James (Jonny Coyne):
This matchbox is a Swedish safety match from the Jönköping match factory. It's manufactured in 1858, just in time for the American Civil War. I like it very much. I guess that makes me something of a phillumenist.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
collector
- Dutch: luciferdoosjesverzamelaarm, luciferdoosjesverzamelaarsterf
- Finnish: fillumenisti
- French: philuméniste(fr)
- German: Phillumenist(de)m, Phillumenistin(de)f
- Russian: филумени́ст(ru) (filumeníst)
- Swedish: filumenistc
- Ukrainian: філуменістm (filumenist)
