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bibliomaniacal

bibliomaniacal adjective: having, or pertaining to, a passion for books.

Adjective

bibliomaniacal (not comparable)

  1. Having, or pertaining to, a passion for books.
    • The small local library was not enough to satisfy our bibliomaniacal thirst.
    • Before breakfast I employed myself in airing my old bibliomaniacal hobby, entering all the books lately acquired into a temporary catalogue, so as to have them shelved and marked.1827 July 1 (date written), Walter Scott, “[Entry dated 1 July 1827]”, in David Douglas, editor, The Journal of Sir Walter Scott […], volume II, Edinburgh: David Douglas, published 1890, →OCLC, page 1

Origin of bibliomaniacal

From bibliomaniac + -al.

Questions about bibliomaniacal

What does bibliomaniacal mean?
Bibliomaniacal means having, or pertaining to, a passion for books.
What part of speech is bibliomaniacal?
Bibliomaniacal is an adjective.

Words near bibliomaniacal in the dictionary

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

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