bibliophilia
bibliophilia noun: the love of books.
Noun
bibliophilia (uncountable)
- The love of books.
- Love for or fascination with the Bible.
- Perhaps his love for the Hebrew Bible prepared him for such finely tuned philanthropy. Or maybe his bibliophilia has consequences for anthropology.2017, Andrew Gow, Peter Sabo, editors, Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof: Poetry, Prophecy, and Justice in Hebrew Scripture: Essays in Honor of Francis Landy on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday, Boston: BRILL...
- A pathological attraction to books, especially sexual attraction or intercourse.
Synonyms of bibliophilia
Origin of bibliophilia
From biblio- + -philia.
Words that rhyme with bibliophilia
- aquaphilia
- biophilia
- microphilia
- necrophilia
- philia
- -philia
- ephebophilia
- geophilia
- gerontophilia
- pedophilia
- trichophilia
- vorarephilia
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- xenophilia
- zoophilia
- androphilia
- aptophilia
- asphyxiophilia
- autoandrogynemorphophilia
- autoandrophilia
- autogynandromorphophilia
- autogynephilia
- autonepiophilia
- cilia
- claustrophilia
- coprophilia
- discophilia
- eproctophilia
- glossophilia
- haemophilia
- inflatophilia
- Japanophilia
- juvenilia
- Kabylia
- klismaphilia
- Laconophilia
- limnophilia
- lithophilia
- logophilia
- lygophilia
- macrophilia
- milia
- nyctophilia
- opacarophilia
- plushophilia
- scopophilia
- sillier
- teratophilia
- urophilia
Questions about bibliophilia
- What does bibliophilia mean?
- Bibliophilia means the love of books.
- What part of speech is bibliophilia?
- Bibliophilia is a noun.
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