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bibliophage

bibliophage noun: a person who loves to read books; a bookworm.

Noun

bibliophage (plural bibliophages)

  1. (figuratively) A person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
    • Janet loved reading. She was a real bibliophage.
  2. A creature that consumes books’ physical contents.
    • Once inside, they begin to mine; there may be apparently nothing wrong outside, but when you open the book you find a hollow filled with insects, which have eaten almost all the letterpress, up to the margins. By keeping the shelves away from the walls and giving a little attention to wormy...1887, James Rodway, Timehri, volume I, page 306

Synonyms of bibliophage

All synonyms of bibliophage

Forms of bibliophage

pluralbibliophages

Origin of bibliophage

From biblio- + -phage, from Ancient Greek βῐ́βλος (bĭ́blos, “book”) and φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).

Questions about bibliophage

What does bibliophage mean?
Bibliophage means a person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
What part of speech is bibliophage?
Bibliophage is a noun.
What is the plural of bibliophage?
The plural of bibliophage is bibliophages.

Words near bibliophage in the dictionary

  1. bibliopegist
  2. bibliopegistic
  3. bibliopegistical
  4. bibliopegists
  5. bibliopegy
  6. bibliophage
  7. bibliophages
  8. bibliophagic
  9. bibliophagist
  10. bibliophagists
  11. bibliophagous

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