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bibliomania

noun/ˌbɪbliəˈmeɪniə/

What It Means

A passion for owning valuable books.

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Bibliomania in Context

“To collect books indiscriminately tends to develop the dread bibliomania.”

— 1922, P. B. M. Allan, The Book-Hunter at Home, 2nd edition, London: Philip Allan & Co., page 58

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From biblio- + -mania.

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