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bibliomania

/ˌbɪbliəˈmeɪniə/

bibliomania noun: a passion for owning valuable books.

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Noun

bibliomania (usually uncountable, plural bibliomanias)

  1. (usually) A passion for owning valuable books.
    • To collect books indiscriminately tends to develop the dread bibliomania.1922, P. B. M. Allan, The Book-Hunter at Home, 2nd edition, London: Philip Allan & Co., page 58

bibliomania meaning in Tamil

bibliomania in Tamil

புத்தகச் சேரப்புவெறியர், புத்தகத் தொகுப்புப் பித்து

Forms of bibliomania

pluralbibliomanias

Origin of bibliomania

From biblio- + -mania.

Words that rhyme with bibliomania

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about bibliomania

What does bibliomania mean?
Bibliomania means a passion for owning valuable books.
What is bibliomania in Tamil?
Bibliomania in Tamil is புத்தகச் சேரப்புவெறியர், புத்தகத் தொகுப்புப் பித்து. See Bibliomania meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bibliomania?
Bibliomania is a noun.
How do you pronounce bibliomania?
Bibliomania is pronounced /ˌbɪbliəˈmeɪniə/.
What is the plural of bibliomania?
The plural of bibliomania is bibliomanias.

Words near bibliomania in the dictionary

  1. bibliomancers
  2. bibliomancies
  3. bibliomancy
  4. bibliomane
  5. bibliomanes
  6. bibliomania
  7. bibliomaniac
  8. bibliomaniacal
  9. bibliomaniacally
  10. bibliomaniacs
  11. bibliomanian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bibliomania (page history and authors); bibliomania (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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