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abibliophobia

abibliophobia noun: fear of running out of things to read.

Noun

abibliophobia (uncountable)

  1. (humorous) Fear of running out of things to read.
    • Professor David Latchman, the Master of Birkbeck College, suffers from abibliophobia, a common affliction amongst book collectors that manifests itself as a morbid fear of running out of reading material.2006, The Jewish Quarterly, page 72
    • Speaking of frightful words, a curious fear I've suffered from on occasion, especially on long airplane flights, is abibliophobia, the fear of not having enough to read.2010, Phil Cousineau, Wordcatcher: An Odyssey into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words, Viva Editions, →ISBN, page 17

Origin of abibliophobia

From a- + biblio- + -phobia.

Questions about abibliophobia

What does abibliophobia mean?
Abibliophobia means fear of running out of things to read.
What part of speech is abibliophobia?
Abibliophobia is a noun.

Words near abibliophobia in the dictionary

  1. Abian
  2. Abiang
  3. Abiatha
  4. Abiathar
  5. Abib
  6. abibliophobia
  7. abichite
  8. abichites
  9. abid
  10. abidable
  11. abidal

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