Definition of "bibliomaniac" [bib•li•o•ma•ni•ac]

• A person who is obsessed with owning valuable books. (noun)

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• "I hesitated a moment; but having heard that such communications were usually made by the visitors of show places, I answered: "Oh! a very venerable one, if your master is what they call a bibliomaniac -- Caxton.""
• "The bibliomaniac, that is, remakes the literary heritage as his cabinet library."
• "Called a "baby bibliomaniac" as a child, he acquired his first book at auction, the fable "Reynard the Fox," at age 11."