What does biblioclast mean?
Biblioclast means One who destroys books, especially the Bible..
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
One who destroys books, especially the Bible..
[I]t is a serious matter when nature produces such a wicked old biblioclast as John Bagford, one of the founders of the Antiquarian Society, who in the beginning of the last century went about the country, from library to library, tearing away title-pages from rare books of all sizes.
Use biblioclast when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Biblioclast means One who destroys books, especially the Bible..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[I]t is a serious matter when nature produces such a wicked old biblioclast as John Bagford, one of the founders of the Antiquarian Society, who in the beginning of the last century went about the country, from library to library, tearing away title-pages from rare books of all sizes.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.