biblioklept
pronunciation
How to pronounce biblioklept in British English:
UK ['bɪblɪəklept]
How to pronounce biblioklept in American English:
US ['bɪblɪrklept]
Word Origin
- biblioklept (n.)
- 1881, from biblio- + Greek kleptes "thief" (see kleptomania). Walsh calls it "a modern euphemism which softens the ugly word book-thief by shrouding it in the mystery of the Greek language."