bibliomania

See also: bibliomanía and bibliomanią

English

Etymology

biblio- +‎ -mania

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌbɪbliəˈmeɪniə/
  • Rhymes: -eɪniə

Noun

bibliomania (usually uncountable, plural bibliomanias)

  1. A passion for owning valuable books.
    • 1922, P. B. M. Allan, The Book-Hunter at Home‎, 2nd edition, London: Philip Allan & Co., page 58:
      To collect books indiscriminately tends to develop the dread bibliomania.

Translations

See also

Italian

Etymology

From biblio- +‎ -mania.

Noun

bibliomania f (plural bibliomanie)

  1. bibliomania

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

From biblio- +‎ -mania. First attested in 1819.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bib.ljɔˈmaɲ.ja/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲja
  • Syllabification: bib‧lio‧man‧ia

Noun

bibliomania f

  1. (literary) bibliomania

Declension
Declension of bibliomania
singular
nominative bibliomania
genitive bibliomanii
dative bibliomanii
accusative bibliomanię
instrumental bibliomanią
locative bibliomanii
vocative bibliomanio

Derived terms
nouns

References
  1. Pamiętnik Warszawski‎, 1819, page 126

Further reading
  • bibliomania in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bibliomania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From biblio- +‎ -mania.

Noun

bibliomania f (uncountable)

  1. bibliomania (a passion for owning books)
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