excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books
Derived forms
bibliomaniac (ˌbɪbliouˈmeiniˌæk)
noun
bibliomaniacal (ˌbɪbliouməˈnaiəkəl)
adjective
Word origin
[1725–35; biblio- + -mania; r. earlier bibliomanie ‹ F]This word is first recorded in the period 1725–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: amorphous, collapse, postmortem, roulette, viburnumbiblio- is a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek (bibliography). On this model, biblio- is used in the formation of compound words with the meaning “book” (bibliophile), and sometimes with the meaning “Bible” (bibliolatry, on the model of idolatry)