bibliobibuli

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The kind of people who read excessively.

Word forms

bibliobibuli

Etymology

The term was coined in 1957 by H. L. Mencken, from the Greek "biblio-", meaning books, and the Latin "bibulous", from "bibere" (to drink).

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