My Word! – May 20

Bibliomania

Bib-lio-ma-nia

Noun

  1. an extreme preoccupation with the collecting of books
  2. a craze for books or reading

 

Some say that Shirley has a touch of bibliomania.

 

This one comes from French and is traced back to the letters of French physician Guy Patin and a letter from 1652.  It is first used in English in 1734.

 

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