bibliobibuli

Definition

The kind of people who read excessively.

Etymology

The term was coined in 1957 by H. L. Mencken, from the Greek "biblio-", meaning books, and the Latin "bibulous", from "bibere" (to drink).

Example Sentences

• ""There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing." - Minority Report: H.L. Mencken's Notebooks (1956)"