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单词 bookaholic
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bookaholicn.

Brit. /ˌbʊkəˈhɒlɪk/, U.S. /ˌbʊkəˈhɑlɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: book n., -aholic suffix.
Etymology: < book n. + -aholic suffix.
colloquial.
A habitual and prolific reader; a compulsive book buyer.
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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
1965 L. Meyer Customer is Always iii. 44 Just as an alcoholic somehow gets the money to buy his booze, so does a bookaholic somehow get the money to buy his books.
1992 Guardian (Nexis) 14 Aug. 16 No proper bookaholic would dare risk a last-minute scan of airport bookstalls for his or her holiday reading, as the holiday would be ruined without the right books to read.
2003 S. L. Brown Christmas Homecoming (front matter) She is a self-confessed bookaholic and is firmly convinced she has one of the largest ‘To Be Read’ stacks..in the world.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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