bibliophilia

English

Etymology

From biblio- +‎ -philia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪliə

Noun

bibliophilia (uncountable)

1. The love of books.
2. (rare) Love for or fascination with the Bible.
   • 2017, Andrew Gow, Peter Sabo, editors, Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof: Poetry, Prophecy, and Justice in Hebrew Scripture: Essays in Honor of Francis Landy on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday‎^[1], Boston: BRILL, →ISBN, page VII:

     Perhaps his love for the Hebrew Bible prepared him for such finely tuned philanthropy. Or maybe his bibliophilia has consequences for anthropology.

3. A pathological attraction to books, especially sexual attraction or intercourse.

Synonyms

• bibliophily
• bookaholism

Related terms

• bibliophile
• bibliophilic

Translations

love of books

• Finnish: bibliofilia
• French: bibliophilie (fr) f
• Greek: βιβλιοφιλία (el) f (vivliofilía)
• Polish: bibliofilia (pl) f, bibliofilstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: bibliofilia (pt) f

Portuguese

Noun

bibliophilia f (uncountable)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of bibliofilia