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bibliomystery

bibliomystery noun: a genre of mystery novels which have books as the central theme of the plot.

Noun

bibliomystery (plural bibliomysteries)

  1. A genre of mystery novels which have books as the central theme of the plot.
    • Marco Page's Fast Company is probably an early example of the bibliomystery in English (the first ever bibliomystery is from 1874: Scrope, or, The Lost Library by Frederic Perkins, followed by The Colfax Bookplate, 1926, by Agness Miller) while the movie adaptation of Fast Company is most likely...2010, Pradeep Sebastian, The Groaning Shelf, Hachette UK, →ISBN

Forms of bibliomystery

pluralbibliomysteries

Origin of bibliomystery

From biblio- + mystery.

Questions about bibliomystery

What does bibliomystery mean?
Bibliomystery means a genre of mystery novels which have books as the central theme of the plot.
What part of speech is bibliomystery?
Bibliomystery is a noun.
What is the plural of bibliomystery?
The plural of bibliomystery is bibliomysteries.

Words near bibliomystery in the dictionary

  1. bibliomic
  2. bibliomics
  3. bibliomigrancies
  4. bibliomigrancy
  5. bibliomysteries
  6. bibliomystery
  7. bibliopegia
  8. bibliopegic
  9. bibliopegically
  10. bibliopegism
  11. bibliopegist

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