bibliophobe
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editbibliophobe (plural bibliophobes)
- One who who fears and hates books, book-learning or reading.
- 1942, The Retail Bookseller: Trade News for the Book Buyer[1], volume 45, page 37:
- Now, the author of this book is probably the world's greatest bibliophobe, having ordered the burning of many books and having again and again placed himself on record against intellectuals including writers.
- 2006, Dominic Head, The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English[2], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 925, →ISBN:
- Wordsworth’s genius is fully honoured, but he is also the proud bibliophobe - sacrilegiously cutting open precious pages with a used butter-knife on the kitchen table - as well as the supremely competent manager of his own interests.
Antonyms
editTranslations
editperson who fears/hates books
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Adjective
editbibliophobe
- inflection of bibliophob: