Bibliokleptomaniac

/ˌbɪbliəˌklɛptəˈmeɪniæk/ noun

Definition

A person who suffers from bibliokleptomania; someone with a compulsive psychological urge to steal books.

Etymology

From bibliokleptomania + -ac (Greek -akos, forming nouns for affected persons). Emerged in 19th-century medical and psychological literature to describe individuals with this specific compulsion.

Kelly Says

A bibliokleptomaniac might steal the same book multiple times from different libraries without remembering, or steal books they can easily afford—it's the act, not the acquisition, that drives them.

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