Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as bibliomaniac. I. D'Israeli; De Quincey.
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Examples
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a "bibliomane" who in his dreams supposes himself to be purchasing "early editions on vellum" for "trifling" sums (18). close window
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There is plenty to interest not only the Catholic, but the Lutheran, Anglican, Presbyterian or Orthodox Christian, provided he is an antiquarian and bibliomane like me.
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He was a bibliomane as they ` re called, somebody who is maniacally obsessed with old books.
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And the first fool of the whole navy, the fool at the helm, was the bibliomane, the book fool.
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
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Bibliophobe, a hater of books: Bibliotaph, a burier of books -- one who hides or conceals them: Bibliomaniac, or bibliomane, one who has a mania or passion for collecting books.
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-- "A bibliomane is an indiscriminate accumulator, who blunders faster than he buys, cock-brained and purse-heavy."
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Suppose I am a bibliomane and someone comes to me with a title I have coveted unsuccessfully for years.
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I was first introduced to Davidson, a three-time winner of the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger, decades ago by a fellow bibliomane with a penchant for English writers.
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The answer is the usual one for the over-acquisitive bibliomane.
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Le bibliomane ne connait ordinairement les livres que par leur titre, leur frontispice, et leur date; il s'attache aux bonnes editiones et les poursuit à quelque titre que ce soit; la relieure le seduit aussi, soit par son ancienneté, soit par sa beauté, "&c.
sionnach commented on the word bibliomane
Someone who accumulates books indiscriminately
December 22, 2010