grangerite means A collector of illustrations from various books to include in a scrapbook. It carries an Arena rating of 1250, earned across 83 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, grangerite ranks #400 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #1,574 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #2,397 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #2,529 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words.
Why “grangerite” is a great word
GRANGERITE — [Noun] One who assembles scrapbooks by collecting and pasting in illustrations excised from various published volumes, a practitioner of the bibliophilic art of grangerizing. From the surname Granger (from James Granger, author of a biographical history that encouraged the practice) + the suffix -ite (denoting a follower or practitioner). First attested in 1881, in the writing of Andrew Lang. Unlike a "grangerizer" (which specifically connotes the mutilation of source volumes) or a "scrapbooker" (a general assembler of mementos), a Grangerite is a scholarly curator, driven by a bibliographic impulse to create a personal canon. It is the meticulous snipping of a steel engraving, the careful alignment of a foxed portrait, and the quiet satisfaction of a shelf holding bespoke, composite volumes—a gentle rebellion against the fixed order of the library.
Etymology
From Granger + -ite; see grangerize.
noun
- A collector of illustrations from various books to include in a scrapbook.
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