Meaning & use
bibliophile
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A person who loves and collects books.
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As a lifelong bibliophile, she filled every room of her house with bookshelves.
The bibliophile spent his Saturday browsing secondhand bookstores.
A note on using this word
'Bibliophile' combines the Greek roots 'biblio-' (book) and '-phile' (lover), a pattern shared with words like 'audiophile' and 'cinephile.'
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book lover
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