"bibliophage" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bibliophages [plural]
Etymology: From biblio- + -phage, from Ancient Greek βῐ́βλος (bíblos, “book”) and φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|biblio-|-phage}} biblio- + -phage, {{der|en|grc|βῐ́βλος||book}} Ancient Greek βῐ́βλος (bíblos, “book”), {{m|grc|φαγεῖν||to eat}} φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bibliophage (plural bibliophages)
  1. (figuratively) A person who loves to read books; a bookworm. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-bibliophage-en-noun-SQk9t~KT Disambiguation of People: 99 1 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with biblio- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with biblio-: 51 49
  2. A creature that consumes books’ physical contents. Translations (creature that consumes books): bibliófago [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-bibliophage-en-noun-evIohfy~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with biblio-, English terms suffixed with -phage Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with biblio-: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phage: 22 78 Disambiguation of 'creature that consumes books': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bibliophile, bibliovore, book lover, bookworm, librophile, librovore Related terms: bibliophagous, bibliophagy

Inflected forms

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