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helluones librorum

Syllables: hel·lu·o·nes li·bro·rumUK/ˌhɛljʊˈəʊniːz lɪˈbɹɔːɹəm/US/ˌhɛljuˈoʊniz lɪˈbɹɔ(ə)ɹəm/

helluones librorum is the plural of helluo librorum.

Meaning of helluo librorum

Noun

helluo librorum (plural helluones librorum)

  1. (archaic, literary) An insatiable and obsessive bookworm (“avid book reader”).
    • [A] Writers Stomach, Appetite, and Victuals, may be judg'd from his Method, Stile, and Subject, as certainly as if you were his Meſs-fellow, and ſat at Table with him. Hence we call a Subject dry, a Writer inſipid, Notions crude, and indigeſted, a Pamphlet empty or hungry, a Stile jejune, and many...[1720, [attributed to Jonathan Swift], The Right of Precedence between Phisicians and Civilians Enquir’d into, Dublin: […] [J. Gowan] for John Hyde […], and Robert Owen […], →OCLC, page 16

Questions about helluones librorum

What is helluones librorum the plural of?
Helluones librorum is the plural of helluo librorum.
How do you pronounce helluones librorum?
Helluones librorum is pronounced /ˌhɛljʊˈəʊniːz lɪˈbɹɔːɹəm/ (UK).

Words near helluones librorum in the dictionary

  1. hellthreads
  2. Helltown
  3. Helluland
  4. helluo
  5. helluo librorum
  6. helluones librorum
  7. helluos
  8. helluv
  9. helluva
  10. helluvalot
  11. helluvan

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