Bibliophile
Origin
First attested in 1824. From French bibliophile, from Ancient Greek βιβλιο- (biblio-, "of or pertaining to books") + φίλος (philos, "beloved").
Full definition of bibliophile
Noun
bibliophile
(plural bibliophiles)- One who loves books.
- 14 September 2013, Jane Shilling, The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language], A savage passage of 14th-century invective about the text-obsessed nerdiness of the Florentine bibliophile and friend of Petrarch, Niccolò Niccoli ...
- One who obsessively collects books, not necessarily due to any interest in reading them.