bibliomania

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

passion for owning valuable books

French: bibliomanie (fr) f Greek: βιβλιομανία (el) f (vivliomanía) Polish: bibliomania (pl) f Portuguese: bibliomania (pt) f

See also

• bibliophile

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Italian

Etymology

From biblio- +‎ -mania.

Noun

bibliomania f (plural bibliomanie)

1. bibliomania

Related terms

• bibliomane

Anagrams

• abominabili

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bib.ljɔˈmaɲ.ja/

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• 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

• biblioman
• bibliomanka

 

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From biblio- +‎ -mania.

Noun

bibliomania f (uncountable)

1. bibliomania (a passion for owning books)