bibliography
/bɪbliˈɒɡɹəfi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.
noun
The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.
Example Sentences
- "The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βιβλιογραφία (bibliographía, “the act or habit of writing books”), from βιβλιογράφος (bibliográphos, “a writer of books”), from βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: βιβλιογραφία