1. an obsessive disorder involving the collecting or hoarding of books
Usage: medical/psychological term

Examples

• His bibliomania led him to fill every room in his house with stacks of books.
• The rare book dealer recognized the signs of bibliomania in his most frequent customer.
• Her bibliomania made it impossible for her to pass a bookstore without buying something.
• The psychologist diagnosed him with bibliomania after he spent his rent money on first editions.
• Bibliomania differs from simply loving books—it involves compulsive, uncontrollable collecting.
• The library’s donation pile grew as people with bibliomania cleared out their collections.