bibliotaph

[ bib-lee-uh-taf, -tahf ]

/ ˈbɪb li əˌtæf, -ˌtɑf /

a person who caches or hoards books.

Origin of bibliotaph

1815–25; biblio- + Greek táphos burial; see epitaph

bib·li·o·taph·ic

[bib-lee-uh-taf-ik] /ˌbɪb li əˈtæf ɪk/, adjective

The Bibliotaph was mightily pleased with both: the one, he said, appealed to him æsthetically, the other dietetically.

The Bibliotaph |Leon H. Vincent
The Bibliotaph carried much accurate information in his head, but he never traveled without a thesaurus in his valise.

The Bibliotaph |Leon H. Vincent
Life had an unusual richness, and warmth, and color, when the Bibliotaph was by.

The Bibliotaph |Leon H. Vincent
A greater difficulty was involved in the fact that the Bibliotaph had many socii, but no fidus Achates.

The Bibliotaph |Leon H. Vincent

In this way did the Bibliotaph burn incense before his Dii majores et minores.

The Bibliotaph |Leon H. Vincent