bibliophagy

noun

bib·li·oph·a·gy ¦bi-blē-¦ä-fə-jē How to pronounce bibliophagy (audio)

: the act or habit of reading voraciously

So Toynbee gave up his omnivorous bibliophagy and adopted a new literary diet: He would take up only the works he needed to know in order to write his own books.

Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 14 May 2000

A busy autodidact, he failed to establish an educational program for his son apart from the schoolroom, effectively leaving Tom to indulge his bibliophagy.

Robert E. Sullivan, Macaulay: The Tragedy of Power, 2009

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

单词	bibliophagy
释义	bibliophagy noun bib·li·oph·a·gy ¦bi-blē-¦ä-fə-jē : the act or habit of reading voraciously So Toynbee gave up his omnivorous bibliophagy and adopted a new literary diet: He would take up only the works he needed to know in order to write his own books. Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 14 May 2000 A busy autodidact, he failed to establish an educational program for his son apart from the schoolroom, effectively leaving Tom to indulge his bibliophagy. Robert E. Sullivan, Macaulay: The Tragedy of Power, 2009 Word History First Known Use 1880, in the meaning defined above
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