Bibliomaniacal

/ˌbɪbliəməˈnaɪəkəl/ adjective

Definition

Relating to or characteristic of bibliomania or a bibliomaniac; obsessed with collecting books to an extreme degree.

Etymology

From bibliomaniac + -al (Latin -alis, adjective-forming suffix). A rare adjectival form that emerged in the 19th century to describe the attitudes and behaviors of book collecting obsessives.

Kelly Says

A bibliomaniacal collector might buy an entire library's worth of books in a single estate auction without any real plan for them—the compulsion to collect overwhelms practical concerns.

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