Etymology

biblioklept

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Today it means: A person who steals books. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κλέπτης
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκλέπτης“thief”
  2. English todaybiblioklept

From biblio- (“book”) + Ancient Greek κλέπτης (kléptēs, “thief”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκλέπτης all →

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