According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a phillumenist collects matchbooks or matchbox labels. If you are wondering the origin, phil means "love of" and lumen means "light" in Latin.
Match box, Match box Labels..
Money
phillumenist is collector of matchboxes and matches. phillumenist is very fancy word for a collector.
Match box, Match box Labels..
A phillumenist. The hobby is called phillumeny or phillumenism.
A phillumenist. The hobby is called phillumeny or phillumenism.
A phillumenists is somebody who practices phillumeny. Phillumeny is the hobby of collecting matchboxes. The term was coined by the British collector Marjorie S. Evans in 1943
No, collect is a verb (to collect) and an adjective (a collect call).
Phillumeny is the hobby of collecting different match-related items: matchboxes, matchbox labels, matchbooks, matchcovers, matchsafes, etc. The collector is called a phillumenist.Arthur J. Dent is the name of a person who collects mathbooks.
"Collect" can be a verb, as in, "She wanted to collect butterflies". Or, "Collect" can be an adjective, as in, "I just made a collect phone call".
i collect poms:) some collect megaphones, and some collect team shirts.
If you meant what is collect in past tense, It is collected.
what does a antiquarian collect?
collect call