adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of an excessive or obsessive enthusiasm for collecting and possessing books
Usage: often used humorously or critically to describe book collectors with extreme passion
Examples
- Her bibliomaniacal tendencies led her to fill every shelf and corner of her apartment with rare first editions.
- He had a bibliomaniacal urge to purchase every book on the subject, regardless of cost or storage space.
- The collector's bibliomaniacal behavior was evident in his willingness to travel across the country for a single signed copy.
- She joked about her bibliomaniacal nature, admitting she could not resist buying books even when her shelves were already overflowing.
- His bibliomaniacal collection had grown so large that he had to rent a storage unit to house the overflow.