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BIBLIOMANIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bibliomania mean?
• BIBLIOMANIA (noun)
The noun BIBLIOMANIA has 1 sense:
1. preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books
Familiarity information: BIBLIOMANIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("bibliomania" is a kind of...):
acquisitiveness (strong desire to acquire and possess)
Derivation:
bibliomaniacal (characteristic of or characterized by or noted for bibliomania)
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