A lover of books; a person who collects, appreciates, and values books for their content, beauty, and cultural significance (less common variant of bibliophile).
From Greek biblio- (book) and -phil (lover of, from philein 'to love'). This is an older or less common form of the more standard 'bibliophile,' both entering English in the 17th-18th centuries.
The rarer 'bibliophil' form might suggest a more straightforward, less obsessive book lover—someone who simply loves books rather than compulsively collecting them like a true bibliophile.
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