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Preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books
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bibliomania
Word definitions for bibliomania in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1734, after French bibliomanie , from biblio- + mania .\n
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bibliomania \Bib`li*o*ma"ni*a\, n. [Gr. ? book + ? madness: cf. F. bibliomanie.] A mania for acquiring books.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bibliomania; or Book Madness was first published in 1809 by the Reverend Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776 – 18 November 1847) who was an Anglican clergyman and founder of the Roxburghe Club . Written in the form of fictional dialogues from bibliophiles, it ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The obsession of owning valuable books.
Usage examples of bibliomania.
Tales of bibliomania taken to extremes have appeared elsewhere, but never with the bizarre touch Michell provides.
We are trying every bookstore in every city within a hundred miles of where he was seen, on the chance that his bibliomania will make him turn up there.
As you so rightly surmise, bibliomania is indeed one of my principal pleasures, the other being alcoholism.
Burr, himself a victim of mild bibliomania, took most interest in the loaded shelves, along which his eyes travelled with rapid discrimination.