Crossword clues for bibliomania
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bibliomania \Bib`li*o*ma"ni*a\, n. [Gr. ? book + ? madness: cf. F. bibliomanie.] A mania for acquiring books.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. The obsession of owning valuable books.
WordNet
n. preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books
Wikipedia
Bibliomania can be a symptom of obsessive–compulsive disorder which involves the collecting or even hoarding of books to the point where social relations or health are damaged.
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 purports to outline a malady called bibliomania.
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.