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Definition of bibliomane in English: bibliomanenoun ˈbɪblɪəˌmeɪn A person with a passionate enthusiasm for collecting and possessing books. aren't bibliomanes supposed to collect books indiscriminately and wantonly? Example sentencesExamples - I'd claim to be a raving bibliomane.
- Trust me, when your house's foundation and flooring starts to be affected by the number of books in your rooms, then can you call yourself a bibliomane.
- Kelly is a bibliomane, whose passion for lists, dates and details fits him well for this task.
- This "gentle madness" that characterizes librarians and all kinds of bibliophiles and bibliomanes may well frighten historians of economic thought.
- It was a genuine bibliomane who is reported to have said contemptuously of a well-known scholar, — "He know about books! Nothing, nothing at all, I assure you, unless, perhaps, about their insides."
- Lately, for a bibliomane, I have been acting strangely - trimming my library, cutting down my book collection.
- The commentary on bookshops and the directory of such establishments is required reading for any librarian or bibliomane.
- In the sections where Jackson discusses the hunters and collectors of books, he shows that bibliomanes often do not read their books.
- He is something of a bibliomane, and can frequently be found hidden in a second-hand bookshop.
- The prices which bibliomanes are sometimes reported as paying for their coveted treasures almost stagger belief.
Origin Early 19th century: from biblio- + Greek manēs 'mad'. |