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biblioclast

biblioclast noun: one who destroys books, especially the Bible.

Noun

biblioclast (plural biblioclasts)

  1. One who destroys books, especially the Bible.
    • [I]t is a serious matter when nature produces such a wicked old biblioclast as John Bagford, one of the founders of the Antiquarian Society, who in the beginning of the last century went about the country, from library to library, tearing away title-pages from rare books of all sizes.1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 96

Forms of biblioclast

pluralbiblioclasts

Origin of biblioclast

From biblio- + -clast.

Words formed from biblioclast

Questions about biblioclast

What does biblioclast mean?
Biblioclast means one who destroys books, especially the Bible.
What part of speech is biblioclast?
Biblioclast is a noun.
What is the plural of biblioclast?
The plural of biblioclast is biblioclasts.

Words near biblioclast in the dictionary

  1. bibliochresis
  2. bibliocide
  3. bibliocides
  4. biblioclasm
  5. biblioclasms
  6. biblioclast
  7. biblioclastic
  8. biblioclasts
  9. bibliocracy
  10. bibliodiversity
  11. Bibliodrama

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