librocubicularist

English

Coined by American writer Christopher Morley in 1919, from libro- +‎ cubicular +‎ -ist (see quotation below).

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) (UK) IPA^(key): /laɪ.bɹəʊˌkju.bɪˈkju.lə.ɹɪst/
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) (US) IPA^(key): /laɪ.bɹoʊˌkju.bɪˈkju.lə.ɹɪst/
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Hyphenation: lib‧ro‧cu‧bic‧u‧lar‧ist

librocubicularist (plural librocubicularists)

(rare) A person who reads in bed.
- 1919, Christopher Morley, The Haunted Bookshop‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, →OCLC, page 190:
  “Miss Chapman, you take the book up with you and read it in bed if you want to. Are you a librocubicularist?”
  Titania looked a little scandalized.
  “It’s all right, my dear,” said Helen. “He only means are you fond of reading in bed. I’ve been waiting to hear him work that word into the conversation. He made it up, and he’s immensely proud if it.”