Bibliophage

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who loves to read books; a bookworm. figuratively

    "Janet loved reading. She was a real bibliophage."

  2. 2
    A creature that consumes books’ physical contents.

    "Once inside, they begin to mine; there may be apparently nothing wrong outside, but when you open the book you find a hollow filled with insects, which have eaten almost all the letterpress, up to the margins. By keeping the shelves away from the walls and giving a little attention to wormy volumes, the Library may be easily freed from this kind of Bibliophage."

Synonyms

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bibliographerbibliophilebibliovorebook collectorbook loverbookdealer

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"Janet loved reading. She was a real bibliophage."

Etymology

From biblio- + -phage, from Ancient Greek βῐ́βλος (bĭ́blos, “book”) and φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).

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