BIBLIOPHAGIST

PRONUNCIATION: (bib-lee-AH-fuh-jist)

MEANING: noun: One who loves to read books; a bookworm.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek biblio- (book) + -phage (one who eats). Earliest documented use: 1881. Another form of the word is bibliophage.
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BILIOPHAGIST - a bile drinker

BIBIOPHAGIST - one who devours Israeli Prime Ministers

BIBLIOPTAGIST - one who values books because of their appearance