Meanings
- archaicrareuncountableBookbinding.
Dibdin's Decameron, Nichol's Literary Anecdotes, and Beloe's Sexagenarian constitute our library of reference for the study of bibliopegism, in the days when "up rose Roger Payne like a star diffusing lustre on all sides, and rejoicing the hearts of all true sons of Bibliomania."
1903 March, William Loring Andrews, “Vagaries of Book-collectors”, in The Lamp, volume XXVI (new series), New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 109, column 1Synonyms: bibliopegia, bibliopegy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounBookbinding.
Origin
- New Latinbibliopegus“bookbinder”
- Englishbibliopegism
Borrowed from New Latin bibliopegus (“bookbinder”) + -ism.
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