hugophileEtymologyBorrowed from French hugophile, equivalent to Hugo + -phile.nounAn admirer of French writer Victor Hugo (1802–1885).“But when Wilde did finally get to visit his idol's home (Swinburne, another Hugophile had been a recent visitor) Hugo promptly fell asleep.¹⁶ He was, after all, quite ancient: eighty-one.”