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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--bibliotaph(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年06月20日13:28:27 星期二), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
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bibliotaph (BIB-lee-uh-taf) also bibliotaphe noun
A person who caches or hoards books.
[Biblio- book + Greek taphos burial.]
"Leon Henry Vincent's essay on Gautier in The Bibliotaph, and Other
People, 1898, is worth consulting."
Theophile Gautier, Salem Press, Jan 1, 1974.
This week's theme: words about book-lovers.
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