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librophile

librophile noun: synonym of bookworm.

Noun

librophile (plural librophiles)

  1. (rare) Synonym of bookworm.
    • And there’s the craft people. And librophiles. Bibliophiles. It’s rather curious.2001, Jerome Gold, Obscure in the Shade of the Giants: Publishing lives, volume II, page 126
    • Turning your own librophile approach, against you, I'd have to say that your opinions make lousy references.2005 April 7, 1X2Willows, “Re: Todays Bible Lesson”, in alt.religion.druid (Usenet), message-ID <yac5e.2034$lP1.1742@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>

Examples of librophile in a sentence

  • Hey fellow librophiles....just a friendly reminder that the Symphony Book Fair is being held at UNO Lakefront Arena today thru Sunday.2008 April 1, Mystyk119, “Symphony Book Fair”, in neworleans.general (Usenet), message-ID <1998040123303301.SAA14344@ladder01.news.aol.com>:
  • The “phil” (die philiale, Parkring 12, +43 (0)158 10 489, www.phil.info) is, “A new and very popular cosy hang-out for cinephiles, audiophiles, librophiles and other philes.2007 May, Mary Carey, quoting Bady Minck, “Travelling [§] Artful Vienna”, in PaperJam, page 201, column 1:
  • And I think that the “Project Runway” mentor Tim Gunn, a former champion swimmer, a librophile, a student and a teacher of design and a proud gay man, demonstrates this potential perfectly.2012 November 30, Chris Kempf, “Commentary [§] Project Runway: A democracy of identity”, in The Daily Campus, volume CXIX, number 72, page...

Synonyms of librophile

Forms of librophile

plurallibrophiles

Origin of librophile

From libro- + -phile.

Questions about librophile

What does librophile mean?
Librophile means synonym of bookworm.
How do you use librophile in a sentence?
Hey fellow librophiles....just a friendly reminder that the Symphony Book Fair is being held at UNO Lakefront Arena today thru Sunday.
What part of speech is librophile?
Librophile is a noun.
What is the plural of librophile?
The plural of librophile is librophiles.

Words near librophile in the dictionary

  1. Librizzi
  2. Librizzis
  3. libro-
  4. librocubicularist
  5. librocubicularists
  6. librophile
  7. librophiles
  8. librovore
  9. librovores
  10. librul
  11. libruls

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