bibliophage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
  2. A creature that consumes books’ physical contents.

Word forms

bibliophage bibliophages

Etymology

From biblio- + -phage, from Ancient Greek βῐ́βλος (bĭ́blos, “book”) and φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).

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