BIBLIOMANIA

PRONUNCIATION: (bib-lee-o-MAY-nee-uh, -MAYN-yuh)

MEANING: noun: An extreme fondness for books.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek biblio- (book) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1734.
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FIBLIOMANIA - pathological lying

BIBLI, OMANI - a native of the city of Bibli in the Sultanate of Oman

BI-BLOOMANIA - a compulsion to cultivate two-flowered plants