Cinemaddict

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A film enthusiast; movieholic. dated

    "Even a cinemaphobe operaphile ought to score twenty or more. A true cinemaddict can extend his/her score to a possible one hundred points by naming in addition the fifty actors who played the characters capitalized in the scene descriptions."

Example

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"Even a cinemaphobe operaphile ought to score twenty or more. A true cinemaddict can extend his/her score to a possible one hundred points by naming in addition the fifty actors who played the characters capitalized in the scene descriptions."

Etymology

Blend of cinema + addict.

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