Definition of Bibliomania

1. Noun. Preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books.

Generic synonyms: Acquisitiveness
Derivative terms: Bibliomaniacal

Definition of Bibliomania

1. n. A mania for acquiring books.

Definition of Bibliomania

1. Noun. The obsession of owning valuable books. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bibliomania

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bibliomania

1. A mania for acquiring books. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bibliomania

bibliographs
bibliography
bibliography of medicine
biblioklept
biblioklepts
bibliolater
bibliolaters
bibliolatries
bibliolatrous
bibliolatry
bibliological
bibliologies
bibliology
bibliomancies
bibliomancy
bibliomania (current term)
bibliomaniac
bibliomaniacal
bibliomaniacs
bibliomanias
bibliome
bibliometric
bibliometrics
bibliometrist
bibliometrists
bibliometry
bibliomysteries
bibliomystery
bibliopegia
bibliopegic

Literary usage of Bibliomania

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1823)
"THE bibliomania. THE preceding article is honourable to literature, yet impartial ... The bibliomania, or the collecting an enormous heap of books without ..."

2. Curiosities of Literature: And the Literary Character Illustrated by Isaac Disraeli, Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1846)
"The * bibliomania/ or the collecting an enormous heap of ... human Understanding,* The bibliomania has never raged more violently than in the present day. ..."

3. Books and Bookmen by Andrew Lang (1892)
"bibliomania ... bibliomania IN FRANCE. T HE love of books' for their own sake, for their paper, print, ..."

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