Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A mutilator or destroyer of books.
Examples
“Two interesting types of maniac are known respectively as the bibliotaph and the biblioclast.”
“A biblioclast is one who indulges himself in the questionable pleasure of mutilating books in order more sumptuously to fit out a particular volume.”
“Mr. Blades, in his work _The Enemies of Books_, accuses him of being 'a wicked old biblioclast who went about the country, from library to library, tearing away title-pages from rare books of all sizes '; and Dr. Dibdin in”
“Such depredations are not frequent, and only occur with books easily replaced, and do not therefore call for more than a passing mention; but it is a serious matter when Nature produces such a wicked old biblioclast as John”
“I learned a new word today: biblioclast, or destroyer of books.”
“John Bagford, "shoemaker and biblioclast," appears in the chapter about Collectors.”
“Such depredations are not frequent, and only occur with books easily replaced, and do not therefore call for more than a passing mention; but it is a serious matter when Nature produces such a wicked old biblioclast as John Bagford, one of the founders of the Society of Antiquaries, who, in the beginning of the last century, went about the country, from library to library, tearing away title pages from rare books of all sizes.”
Lists
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flannagan's Words
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Biblio-Words
biblioclast, bibliognost, biblioklept, bibliokleptomaniac, bibliolatry, bibliomancy, bibliomane, bibliopegy, bibliophagist, bibliophobia, bibliopoesy, bibliopole and 19 more...
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Bibliomania and related conditions
All words and definitions on this list are taken from the "Bibliolexicon" on page 134 of A Passion for Books, edited by Harold Rabinowitz and Rob Kaplan (1999).
bibliobibule, biblioclast, bibliodemon, bibliognoste, bibliographe, biblioklept, bibliolater, bibliolestes, bibliomancer, bibliomane, bibliomaniac, bibliophage and 6 more...
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bookish
grimoire, bildungsroman, roman a clef, chapbook, picaresque, codicology, epistolary, colophon, manuscript, memoir, incunabulum, bibliomaniac and 47 more...
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words from others
words from other Wordies.
gesticulate, pomegranate, automagically, immutable, goblet, palilalia, obelisk, decalcomania, viscoelasticity, pipelining, balustrade, concomitant and 25 more...
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mako's Words
fulminate, error, biblioclast, bibliomane, bibliomania, bone folder, beethoven
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sionnach someone who desecrates books Dec 22, 2010