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biblioclast
[ bib-lee-uh-klast ]
/ ˈbɪb li əˌklæst /
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noun
a person who mutilates or destroys books.
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Origin of biblioclast
First recorded in 1875–80; biblio- + (icono)clast
OTHER WORDS FROM biblioclast
bib·li·o·clasm, nounWords nearby biblioclast
Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Latin, Biblicism, Biblicist, biblio-, biblioclast, bibliofilm, bibliog., bibliogony, bibliograph, bibliographer
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How to use biblioclast in a sentence
Two interesting types of maniac are known respectively as the bibliotaph and the biblioclast.
The Bibliotaph|Leon H. Vincent