| 单词 | bibliomania |
| 释义 | bibliomania (once / 23359 pages) n Bibliomania is an extreme passion for books. If you spend all of your paychecks buying first edition novels, you can say you suffer from bibliomania. The word bibliomania, inspired by the French bibliomanie, combines the Greek roots biblio, "book," and mania, "madness" or "frenzy." If you love books as physical objects, and you collect them furiously or compulsively, that's bibliomania. Merely loving to read might instead be called bibliophilia, with philia meaning "fondness" or "love." If your bibliomania interferes with your life, it might even be categorized as a hording disorder. WORD FAMILYbibliomania: bibliomaniacal USAGE EXAMPLESI bought with a hunger that I recognise, looking back, was a kind of neediness: well, bibliomania is a known condition. The Guardian(Jun 29, 2012) They ought to encourage the Bibliomania, for it keeps their husbands out of mischief, away from “that horrid club,” and safe at home of evenings. Browne, Irving, In the Track of the Bookworm(2011) The social side of the society was well sustained, and the following are the ten bibliomania toasts which were honoured at the festive gatherings:— 1. Andrews, William, Literary Byways(2011) n preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books Hyper acquisitiveness strong desire to acquire and possess |
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