bibliomania
noun
excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.
bibliomaniac
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a word derived from
bibliomania.
Example Sentences
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Even as a child he was a bibliomaniac, spending his waking hours flipping pages “stiff as cartilage,” deciphering marginalia and cloistering himself in a reality of his own making.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2014
The first book I read on the Kindle was The Book Lover’s Tale, a psychological drama about a bibliomaniac gone to the bad.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2011
Though the garden-variety 19th century English baronet was normally content with a small, showcase library, Sir Thomas Phillipps was a certified bibliomaniac.
From Time Magazine Archive
The only wolf calls in its pages rise when a bug-eyed bibliomaniac spots an unescorted Gutenberg Bible or First Folio Shakespeare.
From Time Magazine Archive
The lover of fine and curious books will always open the volumes of the Colbert Catalogue with a zest which none but a thorough bred bibliomaniac can ever hope to enjoy.——Conseil d'Etat.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
