Biblioklept

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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