Crossword clues for bibliophile
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bibliophile \Bib"li*o*phile\, n. [Gr. ? book + ? to love: cf. F. bibliophile.] A lover of books.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also bibliophil, 1824, from French bibliophile, from biblio- + -phile.
Wiktionary
n. 1 One who loves books. 2 One who collects books, not necessarily due to any interest in reading them.
WordNet
n. someone who loves (and usually collects) books [syn: booklover, book lover]
Usage examples of "bibliophile".
I introduced myself to Vincent Starrett, bibliophile and Sherlock Holmes scholar.
The bibliophile goes book in hand, like the statue of Bellerophon with the letter, but he only cares for the choice vellum and bosses of gold.
Though no bibliophile himself, he was anxious that everything should be done that could promote the interests of literature.
We must not forget the financier Bretonvilliers, who about the year 1657 determined to become a bibliophile, and so far succeeded that some of his local books on Lorraine were purchased for the National Library.
So as long as there have been bibliophiles, there have been books for and about them.
Philippe Liotard had started collecting testimonials from bibliophiles, and it had turned out that Steuvels was one of the best bookbinders in Paris, possibly the best, and that collectors entrusted their delicate work to him, especially the restoration of antique bindings.
Reuchlin may be counted among the bibliophiles, since he refused a large sum from the Emperor in lieu of a Hebrew Bible.
Le Roux de Lincy has compiled a long and interesting list of the French bibliophiles who preceded the age of Grolier.
The son of the great Admiral and Donna Beatrix Enriquez was one of the most celebrated bibliophiles in Europe.
And I know a couple bibliophiles around the Telegraph scene that might have information more recent than mine.
Telegraph bibliophiles had no more information about what had become of Fung the Philosopher than I had about Berkeley the Brave.
Aubert de Vitry re-translated the work into French, but omitted about a fourth of the matter, and this mutilated and worthless version is frequently purchased by unwary bibliophiles.
Space Gamers finished terraforming Mars it would be turned over to the Burroughs Bibliophiles.
Aubert de Vitry re-translated the work into French, but omitted about a fourth of the matter, and this mutilated and worthless version is frequently purchased by unwary bibliophiles.
As ever, with true bibliophiles, the act of reading had drawn her completely out of her immediate surroundings.