Bibliophagous

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Book-consuming.

    "We have, in this work of fiction, a copious display of the results of great experience, conveyed in a series of incidents as varied and as animated as the most restless novel-reader can desire to appease his bibliophagous craving withal."

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"We have, in this work of fiction, a copious display of the results of great experience, conveyed in a series of incidents as varied and as animated as the most restless novel-reader can desire to appease his bibliophagous craving withal."

Etymology

From biblio- + -phagous.

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