bibliobibuli
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prettygoodwordbibliobibuli - pl. n., the sort of people who read too much.
Coined as a plural-only noun in 1957 by H. L. Mencken, from Greek biblios, books + Latin bibulous, from bibere, to drink. I think the best explanation here is the original quote:
---L.
Coined as a plural-only noun in 1957 by H. L. Mencken, from Greek biblios, books + Latin bibulous, from bibere, to drink. I think the best explanation here is the original quote:
There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing.Not that this describes me or anything.
---L.
