Bibliophile

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who loves books.

    "A bad example often finds imitators, and every season there crop up for public sale one or two such collections formed by bibliomaniacs who, although calling themselves bibliophiles, ought really to be ranked among the worst enemies of books."

  2. 2
    someone who loves (and usually collects) books wordnet
  3. 3
    One who collects books, not necessarily due to any interest in reading them.

Synonyms

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book loverbookloverbookwormbibliognostbibliographerbiblioklept

Example

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"A bad example often finds imitators, and every season there crop up for public sale one or two such collections formed by bibliomaniacs who, although calling themselves bibliophiles, ought really to be ranked among the worst enemies of books."

Etymology

First attested in 1824. From French bibliophile, from Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “paper, document, tablet”) + φίλος (phílos, “beloved”). By surface analysis, biblio- + -phile.

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