bibliomania
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- noun
- /ˌbɪbliˈoʊˌmeɪniə/
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bibliomanía
- Her bibliomania was evident when she spent all her savings on rare first editions.
Examples
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The professor's bibliomania was so intense that he regularly attended book fairs to expand his collection.
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Also, bibliomania is another section in my library, a kind of meta-library, if you will.
Blog text (9) -
It was the age, Gigante said, of "bibliomania."
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Professor Denise Gigante's forthcoming book talks about the formation of libraries in America and 19th century bibliomania.
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Bibliomania as a code for homoeroticism is most apparent in Holbrook Jackson's rendition of the tale, published more than one hundred years after Flaubert's story.
Academic text (2002) -
Her bibliomania and single-minded devotion to intellect put her out of kilter; she is so preoccupied with books that she can afford neither time nor affection for Henderson.
Academic text (1995) -
A century and a quarter later, Holbrook Jackson's Anatomy of Bibliomania, a wonderful and astonishingly erudite compendium of booklore, composed on the model of Burton's Anatomy, was even longer.
Blog text (9) -
His bibliomania led him to accumulate thousands of books in his small apartment.
Synonyms
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Thinking about something too much and doing the same thing again and again
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A strong wish to get and keep money and things
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A strong interest in reading and studying more than everyday life
Being too focused on one idea or activity
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Morphology
Etymology
The word bibliomania comes from Greek parts: biblio- meaning 'book' and -mania meaning 'madness', like in the English word maniac. So bibliomania is literally 'book madness' and means a very strong love of getting and keeping books.