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bibliotaph
[ bib-lee-uh-taf, -tahf ]
noun
- a person who caches or hoards books.
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Other Words From
- bibli·o·taphic [bib-lee-, uh, -, taf, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bibliotaph1
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Example Sentences
Two interesting types of maniac are known respectively as the bibliotaph and the biblioclast.
The bibliotaph buries books; not literally, but sometimes with as much effect as if he had put his books underground.
The most genial lover of books who has walked city streets for many a day was a bibliotaph.
The dog-in-the-manger bibliotaph is the worst; he uses his books but little himself, and allows others to use them not at all.
The Bibliotaph was mightily pleased with both: the one, he said, appealed to him æsthetically, the other dietetically.
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