Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bibliophage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bib-lio-phage
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who loves to read books; a bookworm.

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Etymology

From biblio- + -phage, from Ancient Greek βῐ́βλος (bĭ́blos, “book”) and φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).

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What does bibliophage mean?
A person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
Where does bibliophage come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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