bibliophile
pronunciation
How to pronounce bibliophile in British English:
UK [ˈbɪbliəfaɪl]
How to pronounce bibliophile in American English:
US [ˈbɪbliəˌfaɪl]
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- Noun:
- someone who loves (and usually collects) books
Word Origin
- bibliophile (n.)
- also bibliophil, 1824, from French bibliophile, from biblio- + -phile.
Example
- 1. He has a collection of fifty thousand books-he 's a real bibliophile .
- 2. Walter raymond gustafson , a local bibliophile who had purchased the materials at an auction at the barrens in 1960 , had died in 2005 .
- 3. Zhou zuoren is not just a famous author and critics in contemporary history of china , but also an influential bibliophile .