"bibliomaniac" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bibliomaniacs [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪniæk Etymology: biblio- + -maniac Etymology templates: {{confix|en|biblio|maniac}} biblio- + -maniac Head templates: {{en-noun}} bibliomaniac (plural bibliomaniacs)
  1. A person who is obsessed with owning books, especially valuable ones. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: bibliomane, bibliomanist Derived forms: bibliomaniacal Translations (person who is obsessed with owning valuable books): 書迷 (Chinese Mandarin), 书迷 (shūmí) (Chinese Mandarin), bibliomaani (Finnish), bibliomane [feminine, masculine] (French), βιβλιομανής (vivliomanís) [masculine] (Greek), bibliomane [feminine, masculine] (Italian), bibliomaniak [masculine] (Polish), biblioman [masculine] (Polish), bibliomanka [feminine] (Polish), bibliomaníaco [masculine] (Portuguese), bibliómano [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), bibliômano [Brazil] (Portuguese), библиома́н (bibliomán) [masculine] (Russian), bibliómano [masculine] (Spanish), бібліома́н (bibliomán) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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