bibliothecary

bibliothecary means A librarian. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bibliothēcārius (“librarian”), from bibliothēca (“library”) + -ārius, from Ancient Greek βῐβλῐοθήκη (bĭblĭothḗkē, “library”), from βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on) + θήκη (thḗkē). Compare French bibliothécaire and Italian and Spanish bibliotecario. By surface analysis, bibliotheca + -ary or bibliothec + -ary.

noun

A librarian.“Hence we went to the house of Hippolito Vitellesco (afterwards Bibliothecary of yᵉ Vatican Library)[…]”

adj

Of or relating to libraries.“My performance of posthumous justice to QZX., my late deceased and much deplored friend, has been somewhat interrupted by a short absence from the peaceful privacy I enjoy at Leighton Buzzard. Your ready compliance, however, with my desire, that these biographical jewels should not lie locked up in a bibliothecary cabinet, has made me feel that I am enabled to he a faithful executor to QZX.’s fame”