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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--bibliolater(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年06月20日13:28:01 星期二), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
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bibliolater (bib-lee-OL-ay-tuhr) noun
1. One having excessive reverence for the Bible as literally interpreted.
2. One with extravagant devotion to or dependence upon books.
[Biblio- book + -latry, worship.]
"From describing the trauma of marrying her personal library with her
husband's (`my books and his books had become our books') to detailing
the joy of browsing second-hand bookstores (`seven hours later, we
emerged...carrying nineteen pounds of books"), Fadiman writes with an
appealing warmth and humor. Highly recommended for bibliolaters and
bibliophiles everywhere."
Wilda Williams, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Books Review),
Library Journal, Sep 1998.
This week's theme: words about book-lovers.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others. -Ambrose
Bierce (1842-1914), [The Devil's Dictionary, 1906]
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