bibliomanen.
/ˈbɪblɪəʊˌmeɪn/ = bibliomaniac n.
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society > communication > book > bibliophily or bibliomania > [noun] > person
book hunter1740
book lover1756
book collector1776
book fancier1779
bibliomane1809
bibliomaniac1816
bibliomanist1823
bibliophile1824
philobiblist1824
bookwoman1834
bibliomanian1836
bookman1885
bookaholic1965
1809 J. Ferriar Bibliomania 5 The Bibliomane exclaims..‘No Margin!’ turns in haste, and scorns to buy.
1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. III. 133 A bibliomane is an indiscriminate accumulator.
1826 T. De Quincey Gallery German Prose Classics: Lessing in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 730 The regular literator, or black-letter bibliomane.
1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day ii. 32 He has been writing..to other bibliomanes.
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