bouquiniste
- noun
- /buːkɪˈniːst/
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bouquinista
- She bought a vintage novel from a friendly bouquiniste near Notre-Dame.
Examples
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The bouquiniste offered a rare first edition.
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Many tourists enjoy browsing the stalls of a bouquiniste in Paris.
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The bouquiniste offered rare editions to collectors along the riverbank.
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I bought a novel from a local bouquiniste.
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As I strolled along the Seine, I stopped at a stall where a bouquiniste displayed an array of vintage books.
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The bouquiniste offered me discounts on my favorite novels as I browsed through the secondhand collection.
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In Paris, the best place to find unique literature is at a bouquiniste by the riverbank.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person or shop that sells books
A person or shop that buys and sells books, often second-hand and rare
A person who sells secondhand or rare books
A person who buys and sells rare or old books
A person who sells goods from a market stall
A person who travels to sell or give out books, often religious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bouquiniste comes from the French word bouquin ('old or secondhand book'), a word that is like English 'book', plus the ending -iste ('a person who does something'). So a bouquiniste is literally a person who sells used books, especially the sellers you find in green stalls along the Seine in Paris.