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BIBLIOPHOBIA

Definition: BIBLIOPHOBIA

BIBLIOPHOBIA

Noun

1. A dread of books.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Bibliophobia \Bib`li*o*pho"bi*a\, noun. [Greek expression book to fear.]. (Websters 1913)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: BIBLIOPHOBIA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
bibliophobia	20
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translations: BIBLIOPHOBIA

Language		Translations for "BIBLIOPHOBIA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		bibliofobi. (various references)

Dutch		bibliophobia, bibliofobie. (various references)

French		bibliophobie. (various references)

German		Bibliophobie. (various references)

Greek		βιβλιοφοβία. (various references)

Pig Latin		ibliophobiabay

Spanish		bibliofobia. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Rhyming with "BIBLIOPHOBIA"

Words rhyming with "BIBLIOPHOBIA" (pronounced 'Bib`li*o*pho"bi*a'): Anglophobia, Cimbia, Cobia, Columbia, Gynephobia, hydrophobia, Necrophobia, Nosophobia, nubia, Papaphobia, Photophobia, Russophobia, Sitophobia, Toxiphobia. (additional references)

Anagrams: BIBLIOPHOBIA

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams
	Words containing the letters "a-b-b-b-h-i-i-i-l-o-o-p"
	+1 letter: bibliophobias.
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Alternative Orthography: BIBLIOPHOBIA

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

42 49 42 4C 49 4F 50 48 4F 42 49 41

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 01010000 01001000 01001111 01000010 01001001 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0049 0042 004C 0049 004F 0050 0048 004F 0042 0049 0041

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

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

364336464349504249364335

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes

5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography

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