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Aug. 2nd, 2005 12:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hawkwing_lbA word for today:
bibliopole
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[BIB-li-oh-pohl] a person who buys and sells books, especially rare ones. The
word is based on the Greek word biblion, which means 'book'. Other related words
are bibliomania, a passionate enthusiasm for collecting and possessing books,
bibliophile, a person who has a great love of books, and bibliotherapy, the use
of books as therapy in the treatment of mental or psychological disorders.
Source: Erin McKean's Weird and Wonderful Words:
http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-517057-1?view=ask
I frequent the place of business of many biliopoles. Frequently. :-)
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And now the writing update:
Sat: 0 words
Sun: 2198 words project 1; 487 words project 2
Today: 1238 words P1; 565 words P2
Words total: P1: 16908; P2: 2397.
It goes well, so far. Bought Joel Rosenberg's 'Guardians of the Flame', 'Legacy', and 'To Home and Ehvenor' from Baen Webscriptions Saturday, which is the reason nothing got done. I was reading those most excellent books.
(yes, I am a bibliomaniac. How did you guess?)
bibliopole
==========
[BIB-li-oh-pohl] a person who buys and sells books, especially rare ones. The
word is based on the Greek word biblion, which means 'book'. Other related words
are bibliomania, a passionate enthusiasm for collecting and possessing books,
bibliophile, a person who has a great love of books, and bibliotherapy, the use
of books as therapy in the treatment of mental or psychological disorders.
Source: Erin McKean's Weird and Wonderful Words:
http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-517057-1?view=ask
I frequent the place of business of many biliopoles. Frequently. :-)
----
And now the writing update:
Sat: 0 words
Sun: 2198 words project 1; 487 words project 2
Today: 1238 words P1; 565 words P2
Words total: P1: 16908; P2: 2397.
It goes well, so far. Bought Joel Rosenberg's 'Guardians of the Flame', 'Legacy', and 'To Home and Ehvenor' from Baen Webscriptions Saturday, which is the reason nothing got done. I was reading those most excellent books.
(yes, I am a bibliomaniac. How did you guess?)
