bibliomaniac

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noun

A person who is obsessed with owning books, especially valuable ones.

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Meanings

nounbibliomaniac (plural bibliomaniacs)

plural bibliomaniacs

  1. A person who is obsessed with owning books, especially valuable ones.

    A bad example often finds imitators, and every season there crop up for public sale one or two such collections formed by bibliomaniacs who, although calling themselves bibliophiles, ought really to be ranked among the worst enemies of books.

    1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 97

    Synonyms: bibliomane, bibliomanist

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who is obsessed with owning books, especially valuable ones.

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bibliomanebibliomanist
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bibliomanebibliomanist

Origin

From biblio- + -maniac.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 書迷 /书迷
  • 書迷 /书迷 (shūmí)person who is obsessed with owning valuable books
Finnish bibliomaani
  • bibliomaaniperson who is obsessed with owning valuable books
French bibliomane
  • bibliomaneperson who is obsessed with owning valuable books
Greek βιβλιομανής
  • βιβλιομανής (vivliomanís)person who is obsessed with owning valuable books
Italian bibliomane
  • bibliomaneperson who is obsessed with owning valuable books
Japanese 書痴
  • 書痴 (syochi)person who is obsessed with owning valuable books
Polish bibliomaniak, biblioman
  • bibliomaniakperson who is obsessed with owning valuable books
  • bibliomanperson who is obsessed with owning valuable books
  • bibliomankaperson who is obsessed with owning valuable books
Portuguese bibliomaníaco, bibliómano
  • bibliomaníacoperson who is obsessed with owning valuable books
  • bibliómanoperson who is obsessed with owning valuable books
  • bibliômanoperson who is obsessed with owning valuable books
Russian библиома́н
  • библиома́н (bibliomán)person who is obsessed with owning valuable books
Spanish bibliómano
  • bibliómanoperson who is obsessed with owning valuable books
Ukrainian бібліома́н
  • бібліома́н (bibliomán)person who is obsessed with owning valuable books

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bibliomaniac

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Cite this entry
APA

bibliomaniac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bibliomaniac

MLA

“bibliomaniac.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bibliomaniac. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bibliomaniac,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bibliomaniac.

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