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bibliomania|ˌbɪblɪəʊˈmeɪnɪə|
[f. biblio- + Gr. µανία madness, after F. bibliomanie.]
A rage for collecting and possessing books.
1734T. Hearne Diary 9 Nov. (1921) XI. 389, I should have been tempted to have laid out a pretty deal of money without thinking my self at all touched with Bibliomania. [1750Chesterfield Lett. 220 II. 348 Beware of the Bibliomanie.] 1809Dibdin (title) Bibliomania, or Book-madness; containing some account of the history, symptoms, and cure of this fatal disease. 1835T. Hook G. Gurney (1850) II. i. 153 The bibliomania which appeared to engross my friend. |