extremophile

[W Brewer]

Getting rid of extremophile.
Joel S. Berson: <<<Gee, there ought to be a nicely esoteric word from Greek
that can be used with "-phile" instead of "extreme".>>>
WB: (1) Latin: extrem-amator (extreme amateur?); (2) Greek:
acro-phile; (3) neo-Anglo-Saxon:
ytemest-lufiend > utmost-lover.

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