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ecofreak

noun

Etymology

From eco- + freak.

  1. derived from *frekaz✻
  2. derived from *frek✻
  3. derived from frec — “desirous, greedy, eager, bold, daring”
  4. derived from frek — “insolent, daring”
  5. inherited from frīcian — “to leap, dance”
  6. inherited from friken
  7. prefixed as ecofreak — “eco + freak”

Definitions

  1. A person with a passion for protecting the natural environment

    A person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.

    • The initial result of the rational ecofreak policies would be that the level of measured income would fall, or at least rise less rapidly...
    • The corporate world has responded to a perceived threat to the economic order by casting the environmentalist as un-American, as an ecofreak...

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA