philomuse

Etymology

From philo- + Muse.

philomuse means A lover of the Muses or poetry. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why “philomuse” is a great word

PHILOMUSE — [Noun] A lover of poetry, literature, or the arts, especially as inspired by the Muses. From Greek philo- ("loving") + Muse (one of the nine goddesses presiding over the arts). Unlike a "philistine," who is hostile or indifferent to culture, or a "bibliophile," whose passion is for books as objects, a philomuse is a votary of the animating spirit of creation itself. This is the quiet pilgrim in a gallery, communing with a painting; the reader whose lips move with the remembered rhythm of a sonnet; the listener arrested by a forgotten melody. It is not possession they seek, but a quiet, lifelong courtship of the grace that persists after the Muse has departed.

noun

A lover of the Muses or poetry.“To a Philomuse from whom I received a Paper upon the same Subject and by the same Post.”
A member of the Philomuse Society, a literary society.
Any society devoted to literature and the arts.“This remarkable institution which had suffered materially with the death of Rhiga, was revived in Greece about the same period with the establishment of the Philomuse or literary society at Athens.”