Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The art of binding books.
Wiktionary
- n. The art of bookbinding.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. rare The art of binding books.
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblion, "book") and πηγία (pegia), from πήγνυμι (pēgnumi, "fasten"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Called anthropodermic bibliopegy, it was found in many libraries, including those of most of the Ivy League schools of America.”
“We at Infocult are followers of anthropodermic bibliopegy, of course.”
“Another case of anthropodermic bibliopegy: HOLBEIN Hans.”
“Here at Infocult we keep up with anthropodermic bibliopegy.”
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Another book bound in human skin
“There's even a name, apparently for such a practice - anthropodermic bibliopegy!”
“Listed below are links to weblogs that reference It's anthropodermic bibliopegy, now:”
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: It's anthropodermic bibliopegy, now
“We prefer to refer to books bound in human skin as antropodermic binding, but are willing to accept the BBC's use of anthropodermic bibliopegy in recognition of their journalistic fortitude.”
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: It's anthropodermic bibliopegy, now
“The only one I still remember is "anthropodermic bibliopegy.”
“Books so bound are said to be examples of anthropodermic bibliopegy.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bibliopegy’.
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Logolepsy
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Biblio-Words
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