The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβῐ́βλος“book”
- English todaybibliophage
From biblio- + -phage, from Ancient Greek βῐ́βλος (bĭ́blos, “book”) and φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A person who loves to read books; a bookworm. Full definition →
From biblio- + -phage, from Ancient Greek βῐ́βλος (bĭ́blos, “book”) and φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.