bibliophobia

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Judge Methuen declares that bibliophobia is but one phase of jealousy; that one's wife hates one's books because she fears that her husband is in love, or is going to be in love, with those companions of his student hours.

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  1. from Gr.βιβλίον, book, + -φοβία, fear: see -phobia.
 

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