bibliomaniacn.adj.
/ˌbɪblɪəʊˈmeɪnɪak/ A. n.
One affected with bibliomania.
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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
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. iii. 56 The most determined, as well as earliest bibliomaniac upon record..Don Quixote de la Mancha.
1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies i. 75 If a man spends lavishly on his library, you call him mad—a biblio-maniac.
B. adj.
Given to bibliomania; mad after books; also = bibliomaniacal adj.
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society > communication > book > bibliophily or bibliomania > [adjective]
philobiblian1755
bibliomaniacal1822
bibliomaniac1834
bibliophilous1882
philobiblic1885
philobiblical1896
1834 Fraser's Mag. 9 146 Biblio-maniac and genealogical inquiry.
1883 Athenæum 17 Nov. 629/3 The bibliomaniac Ptolemies.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.adj.1816