n
One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing, organising, and archives.
n
The study of languages and literature.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bib.
n
A dramatist involved in Bibliodrama.
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(historical) microfilm, as a means of storing books and documents in public libraries
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(library science) A database containing information about books and other materials held in a library, such as an online library catalog, or OPAC.
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(dated) A bibliographer.
n
(obsolete) A collection of books or treatises.
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Alternative letter-case form of bildungsroman [A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.]
adj
Given to the study of books in black letter; old-fashioned.
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Synonym of book learning
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(rare, perhaps archaic) Alternative form of bookworm [Any of various insects that infest books.]
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A person who practises book-burning.
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An event where books are burned
adj
(often disparagingly) Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books.
n
Alternative form of booklore [Synonym of book-learning]
adj
Alternative spelling of book smart [Having knowledge obtained by reading and studying, rather than by practical experience.]
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Teaching from textbooks, rather than by hands-on experience.
adv
Alternative form of bookwise [In the manner of a book.]
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(obsolete) A scholar; a scribe.
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Knowledge of books; scholarship.
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(informal) An enthusiastic reader of books.
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The quality of being booky.
adj
Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.
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Synonym of book-learning
adj
Learned from books; bookish; by-the-book.
n
A studious or learned man; a scholar; a student of books.
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Skill in, or appreciation of, the editing and production design of books; being a connoisseur of books; love of books.
n
The qualities that make a book what it is.
adj
(informal, rare) Resembling or typical of a bookshop.
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An Instagrammer whose account focuses on books and reading.
adj
(informal) Inclined to read books; literate.
adv
In the manner of a book.
adj
Like a bookworm; studious.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chapter (section of a book).
adj
(colloquial) Following a set formula.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a diary.
n
A person, especially a librarian, who is an expert in documents and documentation.
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(sometimes attributive, theology) Somebody who advocates the documentary hypothesis.
adj
(of a person) Bookish, theoretical and pedantic, as opposed to practical.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an essay.
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Alternative spelling of ex libris [A bookplate that identifies the owner of the book into which it is pasted.]
n
(Christianity) A patristic anthology.
n
Alternative spelling of Frogspeak [(ethnic slur) Synonym of French]
adj
Having the tone or style of a guidebook.
n
A primary aesthetic quality of the literary and/or fictional works belonging to the literary subgenre (of science fiction) called informationist science fiction, and a primary aesthetic disposition of the authors of those works or texts. Commonly included in the corpus of informationist science fiction literature are such texts as Samuel R. Delany's Babel 17, and Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep
n
(library science) A loan of an item (such as a book, article, or sound recording) between two library systems or similar institutions.
n
(Britain) Male-authored popular novels about young men and their emotional and personal lives.
n
(rare) One who libels, a libeler.
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(rare) Alternative spelling of libelist [(rare) One who libels, a libeler.]
n
The keeper, manager of a library.
n
(by extension) Any institution that lends out its goods for use by the public or a community.
n
(information science) Library science.
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(dated) belles-lettres; light reading
n
(dated) An anthology of extracts (mostly quotations) from literature.
adj
Characteristic of readers.
adj
Characteristic of a schoolbook; dry, pedantic, etc.
adj
Relating to scribes and their work.
n
(historical) A member of the Scriblerus Club.
adj
Dedicated to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books
adj
Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.
adj
Characteristic of a textbook
adj
(informal) textbooklike
n
The study of The Adventures of Tintin, especially in an academic context.
n
(music, linguistics, anthropology) The original version of a piece of music or text, as created by the composer or writer.
n
(informal) Traditional written literature adapted as television drama.
n
(slang) A lover of words; a lexophile; a logomaniac.
n
Alternative form of Y/N [(fandom slang) A placeholder for the reader's name in self-insert fanfiction.]
adj
(rare) In the style or semblance of a yearbook, especially a high-school or college yearbook.
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