Who knew there were so many beautiful bookish words for bibliophiles? I thought I was clued up before writing this post, yet I found lots of terms that I’d never come across before. My personal favourite is Librocubicularist because this is how I like to read. And although I’d like to think of myself as a Bibliophagist, I’m sure there are others who are even more worthy of this title. Just for fun, I’ve also put together a few graphics to celebrate the literary lexicon.
Librocubicularist
(n.) A person who reads in bed
Pronunciation: Listen at Emma Saying
Tsundoku
(n.) A Japanese word without an English equivalent. It loosely means ‘the act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piling it up together with other such unread books’. (taken from Oxford Dictionaries)
Pronunciation: Listen at Forko
Bibliobibuli
(n.) People who read too much
Pronunciation: Listen at How To Pronounce
Scriptorium
(n.) A place where people write
Pronunciation: Listen at Pronunciation Guide
Logophile
(n.) A lover of words
Pronunciation: Listen at SDictionary
Bibliotaph
(n.) One that hides away or hoards books
Pronunciation: Listen at Emma Saying
Bibliophagist
(n.) A devourer of books/a voracious reader
Pronunciation: Listen at Forvo
Epeolatry
(n.) The worship of words
Pronunciation: Listen at ADictionary
Omnilegent
(adj.) Reading or having read everything
Pronunciation: Listen at How to Pronounce
So which are your favourite bookish words for bibliophiles? Have I included them here or do I need to add more to this book lover’s dictionary? Is there a specific bookish word that you think should exist, but hasn’t yet been invented? I’d love to hear your suggestions!
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Well I’m just getting in bed to read so that definitely makes me a Librocubicularist!
Author
Join the club! I’ve seen this word but confess I didn’t know what it meant until now!
It wasn’t even a word I’d seen but reading in bed is one of my favourite things! (Plus Reading in the bath -🤔 must check if there’s a word for that!
What an interesting post. I do love to read in bed, I wish I had more time to read, but that is mainly it for now xx
Author
That’s my main time to read as well. Wouldn’t it be nice to devote a whole day to a book! x
Love these, and I can relate to most of them too! I think I’ll start calling my bedroom a scriptorium now.
Author
Great idea! We need to get signs made!
I love these words! I’ll be sure to try and work them into conversations soon!
Author
I’m still practicing my pronunciation – some are very tricky to say 🙂
This is such a great idea for a post! I never knew how many cool words were associated with book lovers. My favorite is probably Bibliotaph!
Author
Aren’t they amazing? I thought they deserved a post of their own!
They definitely do!!