bibliopegy
Nov. 13th, 2025 07:37 ambibliopegy (bib-lee-OP-uh-jee) - n., the art of bookbinding.
Not to be confused with bibliophagy, the consumption of books, either literal or metaphoric. And because it gets far more of the top hits than straight up bibliopegy, yes, anthropodermic bibliopegy is a thing -- (rot13 for grossness) ovaqvat n obbx va uhzna fxva. [Fortunately,![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
janni is a regular bibliopegist as a hobby.] Coined around 1830 from Ancient Greek roots biblíon, book + pēgía, the stem of pēgnýnai, to fasten.
---L.
Not to be confused with bibliophagy, the consumption of books, either literal or metaphoric. And because it gets far more of the top hits than straight up bibliopegy, yes, anthropodermic bibliopegy is a thing -- (rot13 for grossness) ovaqvat n obbx va uhzna fxva. [Fortunately,
janni is a regular bibliopegist as a hobby.] Coined around 1830 from Ancient Greek roots biblíon, book + pēgía, the stem of pēgnýnai, to fasten.---L.
