bibliomania

[ bib-lee-oh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh ]

noun

1. excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.

bibliomania

/ ˌbɪblɪəʊˈmeɪnɪə /

noun

1. extreme fondness for books

Derived Forms

• ˌbiblioˈmaniˌac, nounadjective

Other Words From

• bib·li·o·ma·ni·ac [bib-lee-oh-, mey, -nee-ak], noun
• bib·li·o·ma·ni·a·cal [bib-lee-oh-m, uh, -, nahy, -, uh, -k, uh, l], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bibliomania¹

1725–35; biblio- + -mania; replacing earlier bibliomanie < French

Example Sentences

He is introduced under the name of Prospero in Dibdin's Bibliomania.

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In fact, Dibdin says in his Bibliomania that Mr. Cuthell exclaimed in his hearing that they were given away.

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Brunet wrote that at this sale the thermometer of the bibliomania reached its highest point.

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There has been one instance, doubtless, in the records of bibliomania, of two thousand pounds having been given for one book.

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The possession of a private printing-press is, no doubt, a very appalling type of bibliomania.

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