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单词 bibliotaph
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bibliotaphn.

/ˈbɪblɪəʊtaf/
Etymology: < French bibliotaphe, < biblio- comb. form + Greek τάϕος tomb.
One who buries books by keeping them under lock and key.
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society > communication > book > bibliophily or bibliomania > [noun] > person > hoarder of books
bookkeeper1788
bibliotaph1823
1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. III. 133 A bibliotaphe buries his books, by keeping them under lock.
1880 St. James's Gaz. 5 Nov. 14 The last species of ‘enemy’ treated of by Mr. Blades, is the ‘bibliotaph’ or book-burier.

Derivatives

biblioˈtaphic adj.
bibliˈotaphist n. (Crabbe).
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