bibliomania
/ˌbɪbliəʊˈmeɪniə/noun
उच्चारण बिब्लिओमेनिअ
पुस्तक-संग्रह का अत्यधिक शौक
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a very strong desire to collect and own books
पुस्तक-संग्रह का अत्यधिक शौक
- His bibliomania filled every room with books.
- Her bibliomania made friends joke that she bought books faster than she could read them.
- Her bibliomania led her to spend most of her salary at the weekend book fair.
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- He admitted to a mild bibliomania, since he owned five copies of the same novel.
- The old professor's bibliomania was famous throughout the university.
◇Word family
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bib·li·o·ma·ni·a
⌂Word origin and word building
Biblio- means book (as in Bible), -mania means madness or extreme desire (kleptomania: urge to steal; megalomania: belief in your own great power).
Biblio- का अर्थ किताब (Bible की तरह), -mania का अर्थ पागलपन या तीव्र इच्छा (kleptomania: चोरी की इच्छा; megalomania: अपनी महान शक्ति में विश्वास)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a person with a passion for collecting books is a bibliomaniac; a person who loves books a bibliophile; one who hates books a bibliophobe; a list of books on a subject a bibliography.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: किताबें इकट्ठा करने का जुनून रखने वाला bibliomaniac; किताबों से प्रेम करने वाला bibliophile; किताबों से घृणा करने वाला bibliophobe; किसी विषय पर किताबों की सूची bibliography।