bibliophage
bibliophage · bibliophages
A person who loves to read booksA person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
Meaning
2 senses(figuratively)A person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
Janet loved reading. She was a real bibliophage.
A creature that consumes books’ physical contents.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From biblio- + -phage, from Ancient Greek βῐ́βλος (bĭ́blos, “book”) and φαγεῖν (phageîn, “From biblio- + -phage, from Ancient Greek βῐ́βλος (bĭ́blos, “book”) and φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).
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Forms
plural: bibliophages| Singular | bibliophage |
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