Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lover of books; a bibliophile.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A lover of books.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
lover ofbooks ; abibliophile .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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Examples
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After dinner the trio duly adjourned to the library as had been planned, and the volumes were brought forth by Louis with the zest of a bibliophilist.
Two on a Tower 2006
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It disturbed my bibliophilist labors, and gave a twang of musty nausea even to the sweet scent of old binding-leather.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Various
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After dinner the trio duly adjourned to the library as had been planned, and the volumes were brought forth by Louis with the zest of a bibliophilist.
Two on a Tower Thomas Hardy 1884
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