bibliophage
English
Etymology
From biblio- + -phage, from Ancient Greek βῐ́βλος (bíblos, “book”) and φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).
Noun
bibliophage (plural bibliophages)
- (figuratively) A person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
- Janet loved reading. She was a real bibliophage.
- A creature that consumes books’ physical contents.
- 1887, James Rodway in Timehri; Volume I, page #306:
- Once inside, they begin to mine; there may be apparently nothing wrong outside, but when you open the book you find a hollow filled with insects, which have eaten almost all the letterpress, up to the margins. By keeping the shelves away from the walls and giving a little attention to wormy volumes, the Library may be easily freed from this kind of Bibliophage.
- 1887, James Rodway in Timehri; Volume I, page #306:
Related terms
Translations
person who loves books — see bookworm
creature that consumes books
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