20 Cool Words Every Book Lover Should Know
For book lovers, words are the most beautiful things that existed in the world. They are the keys to magical worlds. It is the words that they love, the big and the small, the ones that make a way in their notebooks and in their vocabulary! Today, I am sharing some amazingly cool words that every book lover should know, for they are all about books and everything bookish.
1. Book-Bosomed
Someone who carries a book with her at all times
2. Bibliobibuli
People who read too much.
3. Bookarazzi
A book lover who excitedly takes photos of the books they read and posts them online.
4. Lectory
Refers to your reading place.
5. Librocubicularist
Refers to one whose lectory is the bed!
6. Logophile
A lover of words.
7. Tsundoku
The act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piling it up together with other such unread books
8. Bibliosmia
The smell or aroma of a good book
9. Biblioklepts
Those who steal books
10. Readadultery
The act of being unfaithful to one book by reading another simultaneously.
11. Sentranced
The state of being captivated by a well-written sentence.
12. Perfictionist
A fiction reader with high expectations.
13. Bibliphagist
A devourer of books/a voracious reader
14. Bibliotaph
A reader who hoards her books and protects them from others.
15. Princeps
First editions or first prints of books
16. Bookklempt
State of being resulting from the completion of the last book in a series for which there are no more books left, and you are not yet emotionally prepared to begin a new series.
17. Colophon
A publisher’s emblem or imprint, usually on the title page of a book
18. Libricide
The killing of, or total destruction of a book
19. Scrollmate
An author the reader feels a deep connection with.
20. Shelfrighteous
A feeling of superiority about one’s bookshelf.
Which of these words you can identify with? Which word did you like the most?
April 27, 2020 12:34 am|
Wow-what words, you simply raised my vocabulary.
EXcept for 1, 3, 6, and 19 all are new to me, sure to get them in use. All book lovers should know them all…
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April 27, 2020 1:05 am|
Seriously these are new words for me. I learned so many of them today. I liked Bibliphagist.
April 27, 2020 1:35 am|
Except 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 19 rest were new to me. But it felt good to read these words and know their meaning.
April 27, 2020 2:03 am|
Thanks. Never heard of these words before. Now I know.
April 27, 2020 8:55 am|
I like 6,8,10 and 19 but never heard any of these words, thanks for sharing:)
April 27, 2020 10:31 am|
Wow, what a list! I didn’t know any of these Thank you for sharing this! A new list of words added to my dictionary.
April 27, 2020 11:09 am|
I’m a perfictionist. 🙂
April 27, 2020 11:10 am|
This was a fun list. Didn’t know many of these words. 😀
April 27, 2020 12:13 pm|
Loved these words. I am a Bibliobibuli at times and done a Tsundoku sometimes. Fun post.
April 27, 2020 12:37 pm|
I love the post, Shilpa. I think I’m a Logophile 😀
Always a pleasure to read your work 🙂
April 27, 2020 1:11 pm|
I have learnt so many new words, I have save it all . This will increase my vocabulary too.
April 27, 2020 1:58 pm|
Interesting list. Nice pick up a few new words.
In connection with Sundoku there is a saying that the moneyed is more interested in buying a book, the lover of knowledge in reading it.
April 27, 2020 4:05 pm|
Loved it, Shilpa. I did know quite a few… that does amount to something, right? Readadultery was one of the new ones and quite amusing. 😀
April 27, 2020 4:07 pm|
Those were some very cool words to know indeed! I could relate to a few of them. Thank you for compiling such a list. 🙂
April 27, 2020 4:34 pm|
wow Interesting word list. thanks for the upgrade !!
April 27, 2020 5:54 pm|
I am one whose lectory is the bed!! What an awesome collection of words!!
April 27, 2020 8:17 pm|
Wow! Loved this post so much.
learned such amazing words! Loved the word Bookarazzi
April 27, 2020 9:54 pm|
This is especially interesting for me to read because, as you know my theme this month is obsolete and underused words. There are some beauties in your list – I’ve noted quite a few
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April 27, 2020 10:47 pm|
Most of these words are new to me, thank you that I learned new things here.
April 27, 2020 10:52 pm|
I wanted to commit Libricide once, but sanity prevailed. I am guilty of Tsundoku and I love being sentranced.
April 27, 2020 11:07 pm|
I don’t know a single word from above list except perfectionist
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April 28, 2020 2:05 am|
Wow what a cool list of words… Thanks so much for this post…
I think Librocubicularist suits me the best :))
April 28, 2020 5:19 am|
What a fun list of words. I’ve definitely been sentranced in the past. Weekends In Maine
April 28, 2020 11:08 am|
I think most of these words have been coined by someone and popularised on informal web platforms, and they are not actual words in English.
April 28, 2020 11:16 am|
Hahaha I love bookklempt – that is a feeling I have often had! Now I wonder what the word is for someone that loves to read in the bath. That is my happy reading place – a hot bubble bath with a book. There is nothing better!
April 28, 2020 12:04 pm|
Just love this!!! I am a Librocubicularist, Readadulterer, Bibliotaph and practice a bit of Tsundoku!! I am a bit embarrassed about practicing Tsundoku but I have so many books that others wanted to just throw away, that I would rather collect them and put them in my bookshelf, although I know I will never read them, than bear the thought of them being tossed out!
April 28, 2020 5:00 pm|
Haha Shilpa! These words are amazing and quite a mouth full! But I have a feeling that you are know them all. I think I’m going to test people’s knowledge by asking them to define the words
April 28, 2020 6:39 pm|
Oh my my!! I am guilty of many of them.
April 29, 2020 4:28 pm|
Loving all the words. Somehow, some of them remind me of the words babies say. Hehe. And yes, I am proud of being all that these words imply. Books are pure magic and I think we should all wear these words as a badge!
May 20, 2020 7:54 pm|
Shelfrightous! How I feel towards my quilting books 😉
June 15, 2020 12:02 pm|
I’m boo-bosomed and yes a complete Librocubicularist. And I’m guilty of most of them here.
Nice list, Shilpa. Thank you. Will share with my book club.
June 15, 2020 12:02 pm|
I’m book-bosomed and yes a complete Librocubicularist. And I’m guilty of most of them here.
Nice list, Shilpa. Thank you. Will share with my book club.
July 28, 2020 5:20 pm|
I am a Logophile for sure and a Bookklempt though it doesn’t have to be a series of books that would make me feel that way,. Any good book does that to me.
August 1, 2020 4:56 pm|
Wow I have saved some of these to be used on my Book Insta for sure Shilpa. My fav is Bookarazzi and Bookklempt 🙂
Brill idea for a bookish post- I really enjoyed going through this one.