bibliotaph

or bib·li·o·taphe

[ bib-lee-uh-taf, -tahf ]

noun

1. a person who caches or hoards books.

Other Words From

• bibli·o·taphic [bib-lee-, uh, -, taf, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bibliotaph¹

1815–25; biblio- + Greek táphos burial; epitaph

Example Sentences

Two interesting types of maniac are known respectively as the bibliotaph and the biblioclast.

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The bibliotaph buries books; not literally, but sometimes with as much effect as if he had put his books underground.

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The most genial lover of books who has walked city streets for many a day was a bibliotaph.

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The dog-in-the-manger bibliotaph is the worst; he uses his books but little himself, and allows others to use them not at all.

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The Bibliotaph was mightily pleased with both: the one, he said, appealed to him æsthetically, the other dietetically.

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