Biblioklept
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who steals books. rare
"Thus Libri, who was the greatest of Biblioklepts, rescued many of the books he stole from dirt and misuse, and had them bound royally in purple and scarlet."
Example
More examples"Thus Libri, who was the greatest of Biblioklepts, rescued many of the books he stole from dirt and misuse, and had them bound royally in purple and scarlet."
Etymology
From biblio- (“book”) + Ancient Greek κλέπτης (kléptēs, “thief”).
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