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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A lover of books.
  2. n. A collector of books.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A lover of books. Sometimes written bibliophil.

Wiktionary

  1. n. One who loves books.
  2. n. One who obsessively collects books, not necessarily due to any interest in reading them.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A lover of books.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. someone who loves (and usually collects) books

Etymologies

  1. First attested in 1824. From French bibliophile, from Ancient Greek βιβλιο- (biblio-, "of or pertaining to books") + φίλος (philos, "beloved"). (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Reading Spellwright as a bibliophile is a real treat, and the focus on language, reading, writing and understanding as a wizardly trait is something that seems somewhat new, and honestly, something long overdue in the fantasy realm.”

    REVIEW: Spellwright by Blake Charlton

  • “A bibliophile from a young age she has always had an affinity for the genres of science fiction and fantasy.”

    Kelly Melcher | Fandomania

  • “ROMANO: I didn't even know the word bibliophile before this.”

    CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2005

  • “Coppins, however, hearing himself described as a bibliophile, and surmising that a bibliophile must be a person of some importance, permitted himself the luxury of remarking that he was a bibliophile -- a forty-third-degree bibliophile.”

    Knowledge is Power

  • “In fact, what this episode demonstrates is that everyone should read a little Marx, particularly Rob Port, the self-described "bibliophile" who snapped the picture of the White House library during a tour in order to blog his cheap shot.”

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post

  • “Some one has said that "to call a bibliophile a bibliomaniac is to conduct”

    Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs

  • “a Jewish historian and scholar — the kind of bibliophile his father Isaac was.”

    Schwarz 2 - Criticism - Critical Contexts

  • “For the bibliophile there are essays on small presses, blogs, ‘the book,’ poetry and fiction, along with the regular roundup of book reviews.”

    2009 March 20 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS

  • “These may be tough times, but never have they been so filled with bargains for the bibliophile.”

    Bargains for Bibliophiles

  • “To me, a major bibliophile/word-nerd/all-around enthusiastic reader and book club member, it sounds like heaven.”

    Archive 2009-03-01

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  • Lefty Webb "someone who abuses new books" Dec 22, 2010

  • sionnach Someone who loves books Dec 22, 2010

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‘bibliophile’ has been looked up 3550 times, loved by 9 people, added to 67 lists, commented on 2 times, and has a Scrabble score of 20.