bibliobibuli
Definitions
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- noun (noun) The sort of people who read too much.
Examples
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Thomas Carlyle declared that 'in books lies the soul of the whole past time,' while Mencken complained about 'bibliobibuli,' those compulsive readers who are 'constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whisky or religion.'
If You Read This History, Then You're a Part of It, by Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
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I have found I am, in addition to being the bibliophile I have always been, a bibliolater (a worshiper of books), and a bibliobibuli (one who reads too much) who exists in a constant state of bibliocharybdolis (a dangerous whirlpool of books likely to drown unwary readers).
Note
'Bibliobibuli' was coined in 1957 by H.L. Mencken, an American writer, and contains the Greek 'biblio,' books, and the Latin 'bibulous,' from 'bibere,' to drink.
