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Preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books
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bibliomania
Word definitions for bibliomania in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1734, after French bibliomanie , from biblio- + mania .\n
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The obsession of owning valuable books.
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.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of 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.