bibliomania

/ˌbɪbliəˈmeɪniə/

Etymology

From biblio- + -mania.

bibliomania means A passion for owning valuable books. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

bibliomania is pronounced /ˌbɪbliəˈmeɪniə/.

Why “bibliomania” is a great word

BIBLIOMANIA — [Noun] An excessive, compulsive preoccupation with collecting books, particularly those deemed rare, unique, or unusual. From biblio- (from Greek biblion, "book") + -mania (from Greek mania, "madness, frenzy"), modeled on French bibliomanie; first attested in English in 1734. Unlike bibliophilia, which cherishes the text, or hoarding, a diffuse accumulation of objects, bibliomania is a targeted, acquisitive madness for the book as a physical artifact. It is the scent of untouched vellum in a sealed case, the obsessive collation of page signatures, and the frantic auction bid for a duplicate already owned—a quiet tragedy where the vessel is forever prized above the voyage.

noun

A passion for owning valuable books.“To collect books indiscriminately tends to develop the dread bibliomania.”