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Definitions
Etymologies
- From the Ancient Greek βιβλος (biblos, "book") and φαγειν ("to eat"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Today's word is "bibliophage", and I particularly like the second definition: "A pest that consumes books".”
“A lining in these pants would have done wonders for her. bibliophage”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bibliophage’.
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biblio-
of or relating to books
bibliophile, bibliography, bible, bibliophagist, bibliophage
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One more switchback
Tip of the hat to Stephen, who always tells me "only one more switchback" as we go up the trail. Usually it is a lie, but it still works!
switchback, heavens to murgat..., prosody, catarrh, ice storm, existential, predicament, intermingle, comingle, stolid, zeitgeist, bibliophage and 146 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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Self-Descriptors
poliotic, psilanthropic, philocalist, maenad, matutolagnia, misocapnist, musaceous, omphalopsychite, opsimathy, abecedarian, acapnotic, addlepate and 14 more...
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silasthecat's Words
zemblanity, gallumph, protologism, bibliophage, tarantism, palingenesis, cryptomnesia, stegophilist, witzelsucht, engastrimyth, schadenfreude, calipygian and 5 more...
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sionnach Someone who devours books Dec 22, 2010