Monday, July 6, 2015

Word of the Day

bibliomania
\bib-lee-oh-MEY-nee-uh, -MEYN-yuh\
noun
1. excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.

Quotes
Perhaps you are not familiar with the raptures of bibliomania: it is one of the strongest passions, when given its freedom…
-- Vladimir Fedorovich Odoevsky, Russian Nights, translated by Olga Koshansky-Olienikov and Ralph E. Matlaw, 1965

Origin
Bibliomania derives from the Greek terms biblíon meaning "book," and manía meaning "madness." It entered English in the early 1700s.

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