bibliotaph
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prettygoodwordbibliotaph (BIB-lee-uh-taf) - n., someone who hoards away books.
Not just a book collector, but one who locks away or otherwise shuts them up, keeping them from use -- literally, from the Greek roots, book-burial. . Libraries should not hire these. If you want a form that better signals a person, there's the even rarer form bibliotaphist, but that doesn't roll off the tongue as well.
Admin Note: Posting will likely be light and irregular over the next couple weeks due to external obligations.
---L.
Not just a book collector, but one who locks away or otherwise shuts them up, keeping them from use -- literally, from the Greek roots, book-burial. . Libraries should not hire these. If you want a form that better signals a person, there's the even rarer form bibliotaphist, but that doesn't roll off the tongue as well.
Admin Note: Posting will likely be light and irregular over the next couple weeks due to external obligations.
---L.
