Definition of Bibliomaniac

1. n. One who has a mania for books.

Definition of Bibliomaniac

1. Noun. A person who is obsessed with owning valuable books. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bibliomaniac

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bibliomaniac

1. One who has a mania for books. Relating to a bibliomaniac. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bibliomaniac

bibliography
bibliography of medicine
biblioklept
biblioklepts
bibliolater
bibliolaters
bibliolatries
bibliolatrous
bibliolatry
bibliological
bibliologies
bibliology
bibliomancies
bibliomancy
bibliomania
bibliomaniac (current term)
bibliomaniacal
bibliomaniacs
bibliomanias
bibliome
bibliometric
bibliometrics
bibliometrist
bibliometrists
bibliometry
bibliomysteries
bibliomystery
bibliopegia
bibliopegic
bibliopegies

Literary usage of Bibliomaniac

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"Very well—take it, then, and think yourself lucky to get a philosopher, a woman, and a demon, all together, for ten crowns.—" The bibliomaniac. ..."

2. Cambridge University Magazine (1840)
"But of all maniacs, none meet with so little pity, and so much obloquy on every side, as the bibliomaniac. His taste is not courteously called " a foible ..."

3. Traditions of Edinburgh by Robert Chambers (1825)
"... practitioner of considerable celebrity, as well as a most enthusiastic bibliomaniac,—whose singular figure is still well remembered in Edinburgh. ..."

4. Book-song: An Anthology of Poems of Books and Bookmen from Modern Authors by Gleeson White (1893)
"I'D like my favourite books to bind So that their outward dress To every bibliomaniac's mind Their contents should express. Napoleon's life should glare in ..."

5. The Literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the Earliest Times to the Year by Ibrahim-Hilmy (1888)
"... de l'Indien, du Chinois, du Persin, du Malais et du Tamoul. pp. iv. iii. 190. Oxford (bibliomaniac Society), 1882. 8°. Avril, 1885, xviii. 137-40. ..."

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