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libricide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lib-ri-cide
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The destruction of books.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin liber, librī + -cide.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

libricides (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

bibliocide

Synonyms

biblioclasm

Questions

What does libricide mean?
The destruction of books.
Where does libricide come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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