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    [Noun]  | "bib*lio*ma*nia" | \ ˌbi-blē-ə-ˈmā-nē-ə \


    1: extreme preoccupation with collecting books

    Origin: 1734 ;

     Borrowed from French bibliomanie, from biblio- {see: |biblio-|bibli-} + -manie {see: |-mania|-mania};

      * Note : Coinage of bibliomanie has been attributed to the French physician and man of letters Guy Patin (1601-72). The word is used several times in Patin's correspondence, perhaps earliest in a letter of December 20, 1652 (see: Correspondance complète et autres écrits de Guy Patin, online at biusante.parisdecartes.fr).;

    [Noun]  | "bibliomaniac" 


    1: one who is keenly devoted to books;


      * e.g., " ... an incorrigible bibliomaniac, he's already bought more books than anyone could read in a lifetime "



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     [ "bibliomaniac" ]

    1: A person who is obsessive over books. Unlike a bibliophile, and bibliomaniac does not have a defined and concise collection, but rather obsesses over having every single book possible, and gives preference to signed books or other books of value; ie. Antique books. Additionally, a bibliomaniac can and does give justification for having more than one copy of the same book.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) Steve is a total bibliomaniac, he's always buying all these books just cause they're on sale, and gives books preference over his food budget. 

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