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Hi! Can you suggest to me words that are related to books and/or reading? Thanks! :D

Asked by chibivy-deactivated20141023

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abibliophobia (n.)

the fear of running out of reading materials

biblichor (n.)

the characteristic, faint, musty smell of old books

tsundoku 積ん読 (つんどく) (n. Japanese)

the act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piled up together with other such unread books

vāde mēcum (n. Latin)

favorite book carried everywhere; a handbook of useful information kept at one’s side lit. “go with me”

dhvani (n. Sanskrit)

lit. ‘sound’ or ‘echo’; the feature of a poem/line of having a hidden meaning that strikes you in the second or further readings, but not the first


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