bibliomaniac

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bibliomaniac

Rhymes with -eɪniæk

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From biblio- + -maniac.

noun bibliomaniacs

  1. A person who is obsessed with owning books, especially valuable ones. A bad example often finds imitators, and every season there crop up for public sale one or two such collections formed by bibliomaniacs who, although calling themselves bibliophiles, ought really to be ranked among the worst enemies of books.

    Similar: bibliomane, bibliomanist

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noun person who is obsessed with owning valuable books

Españolbibliómano
日本語書痴 syochi
中文書迷 /书迷 shūmí
Portuguêsbibliomaníaco, bibliómano, bibliômano
Françaisbibliomane
Italianobibliomane
Ελληνικάβιβλιομανής vivliomanís
Русскийбиблиома́н bibliomán

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@misc{bibliomaniac_2026,
  title = {bibliomaniac},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bibliomaniac},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}