word for "overly fond of one's children"?

Mark A. Mandel mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU
Mon Jan 23 02:22:09 UTC 2006


Larry replies to Joel:
>>>
>Doesn't "ultraphilo-" already mix Latin with Greek?
>
>Joel

True 'nuff, as does "philoprogenitive" itself.  So might as well go
all out for the "hyper-"...
<<<

Oh, heck, as long as we're having such fun with macaroni here, why not make
it cheesy as well? I propose "philofilious".

m a m

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