unbibliophilic

English

Etymology

un- +‎ bibliophilic

Adjective

unbibliophilic (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Not bibliophilic.
    • 1925, Edwin Beresford Chancellor, Literary diversions
      [...] those pencilled M notes of exclamation or " obstinate questionings " — never fated to be answered, it would seem ; those vacuous remarks, spoiling the fair margins of a book like a dead fly, shut up between their imprisoning walls untimely, or a dried leaf placed there by the deliberate villainy of some unbibliophilic reader.
    • 1932, Norman L. Dodge, The Month at Goodspeed's
      [...] TT seems unbibliophilic, if not downright unchristian, to [...]
    • 1981, Antiquarian Book Monthly Review
      The degrading and repulsive part, the unbibliophilic acts in the British Museum and other libraries, are not part of the assessment of the importance of An Enquiry.
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