bibliophile
noun
a person who loves or collects books, especially as examples of fine or unusual printing, binding, or the like.
bibliophily
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a word derived from
bibliophile.
Example Sentences
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And yet, despite these self-accusations, bibliophily rather than bibliomania would be the word to characterize his conscientious purpose.
From The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac by Eugene Field
Here Plato and Aristotle, Herodotus and Thucydides always had room to breathe, without ever being called upon to endure the contamination of worm-eaten bibliophily.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
