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BIBLIOMANIAC

Definitions: BIBLIOMANIAC

BIBLIOMANIAC

Adjective

1. Relating to a bibliomaniac.

Noun

1. One who has a mania for books.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "BIBLIOMANIAC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1919. (references)

 

Specialty Definitions: BIBLIOMANIAC

DomainDefinitions

Medicine

One who has an extravagant interest in books. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: BIBLIOMANIAC

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Scholar

Bookworm, helluo librorum; bibliophile, bibliomaniac; bluestocking, bas-bleu; bigwig, learned Theban, don; Artium Baccalaureus, Artium Magister.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Commercial Usage: BIBLIOMANIAC

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: BIBLIOMANIAC

Language Translations for "BIBLIOMANIAC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

bibliofil (bibliophile). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏الشديد الولع بإقتناء الكتب. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

библиоман. (various references)

   

Czech

  

bibliomanický. (various references)

   

Danish

  

biblioman. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

boekengek. (various references)

   

French

  

bibliomane. (various references)

   

German

  

Büchernarr (bibliophile). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

könyvbolond (bibliolater), könyvbarát (bibliophile, bibliophilist). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

penggemar buku (bibliophile). (various references)

   

Italian

  

bibliomane. (various references)

   

Manx

  

graihder lioaragh, fer baanrit er lioaryn. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ibliomaniacbay

   

Portuguese

  

bibliomaníaco, bibliómano. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

biblioman. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

библиоман. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

biblioman. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

bibliómano. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bibliomaniker. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

bibliyoman, kitap delisi, kitap düşkünü. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người mê sách. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: BIBLIOMANIAC

Derivations

Words beginning with "BIBLIOMANIAC": bibliomaniacal, bibliomaniacs. (additional references)


Misspellings

"BIBLIOMANIAC" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bibliomane, biblomaniac. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "BIBLIOMANIAC"

Words rhyming with "BIBLIOMANIAC" (pronounced 'Bib`li*o*ma"ni*ac'): Acardiac, Almanac, Ambrosiac, Anaphrodisiac, Andarac, Anglomaniac, Antaphrodisiac, Anthypochondriac, Antiaphrodisiac, Antihypochondriac, Armoniac, Arteriac, Bac, bobac, Cadillac, Calambac, Carac, Celeriac, Cluniac, Cognac, Corinthiac, Cul-de-sac, Dionysiac, Diplocardiac, Dipsomaniac, Dochmiac, Elephantiac, Eleutheromaniac, Epicardiac, Etaac, FAC, Frontiniac, Guiac, Haematosac, heliac, ipecac, Isiac, KLEPTOMANIAC, lilac, mac, Metromaniac, Muntjac, Mustac, Ovisac, PAC, Pachacamac, Pelusiac, Poonac, Salmiac, Sangiac. (additional references)

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Anagrams: BIBLIOMANIAC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-c-i-i-i-l-m-n-o"

-1 letter: bibliomania.

-3 letters: cobalamin.

-4 letters: anabolic, animalic, binomial, inimical, maiolica.

-5 letters: albinic, amboina, bambini, bambino, cabomba, cambial, coalbin, limacon, manioca, minicab, minilab.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-c-i-i-i-l-m-n-o"
 

+1 letter: bibliomaniacs.

 

+2 letters: bibliomaniacal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BIBLIOMANIAC


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 49 42 4C 49 4F 4D 41 4E 49 41 43

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01001001 01000010 01001100 01001001 01001111 01001101 01000001 01001110 01001001 01000001 01000011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0049 0042 004C 0049 004F 004D 0041 004E 0049 0041 0043

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

364336464349473548433537

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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