wordhoarder
nounUK /ˈwɜːdˌhɔːdə/
US /ˈwɝːdˌhɔːrdər/
A wordhoarder is someone who collects and keeps lots of words.
My aunt is a wordhoarder who writes down every new word she hears.
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2. A person who saves words in notebooks or files instead of using them.
He is a wordhoarder with dozens of notebooks full of unused words.
3. A writer who piles up fancy words in a story.
The editor told the wordhoarder to cut half the adjectives.
4. A learner who memorizes many words but rarely speaks them.
She is a quiet wordhoarder who knows thousands of words but says little.