umbraphile
n.— «In the Philippines in “88, however, communist insurgents called off the revolution for a few days so as not to upset the visiting umbraphiles.» —“Under the Spell of the Eclipse” by Phil McCombs Washington Post July 10, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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