words that start with biblio and mean book

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The prefix "biblio" comes from the Greek biblion (book). All words containing this prefix usually have something to do with books or reading, hence the examples: bibliography (a list of source materials), bibliophile (a lover of books), and bibliotherapy (using books or reading for healing purposes).

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7 letter words starting with biblio.

• biblio- — indicating book or books

8 letter words starting with biblio

• bibliog. — bibliographer

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• bibliotic — relating to bibliotics

10 letter words starting with biblio

• bibliofilm — a microfilm used especially in libraries to photograph the pages of valuable or much-used books.
• bibliogony — the art of producing and publishing books.
• bibliology — the study of Biblical literature
• bibliopegy — the art of binding books
• bibliopole — a dealer in books, esp rare or decorative ones

11 letter words starting with biblio

• biblioclasm — a person who mutilates or destroys books.
• biblioclast — One who destroys books, especially the Bible.
• bibliograph — to put in a bibliography.
• biblioklept — a person who steals books.
• bibliolater — someone who reveres the Bible

12 letter words starting with biblio

• bibliography — A bibliography is a list of books on a particular subject.
• bibliologist — a student of bibliology
• bibliomaniac — excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.
• bibliopegist — a bookbinder
• bibliophilic — pertaining to a bibliophile

13 letter words starting with biblio

• bibliogenesis — the art of producing and publishing books.
• bibliographer — an expert in bibliography
• bibliographic — a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
• bibliolatrous — characterized by bibliolatry
• bibliological — relating to bibliology

14 letter words starting with biblio

• bibliomaniacal — relating to a bibliomaniac

15 letter words starting with biblio

• bibliographical — a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.

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word-forming element meaning "book" or sometimes "Bible," from Greek biblion "paper, scroll," also the ordinary word for "a book as a division of a larger work;" originally a diminutive of byblos "Egyptian papyrus." This is perhaps from Byblos , the Phoenician port from which Egyptian papyrus was exported to Greece (modern Jebeil, in Lebanon; for sense evolution compare parchment ). Or the place name might be from the Greek word, which then would be probably of Egyptian origin. Compare Bible . Latin liber (see library ) and English book also are ultimately from plant-words.

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"the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments," early 14c., from Anglo-Latin biblia , Old French bible (13c.) "the Bible," also any large book generally, from Medieval and Late Latin biblia "the Bible" (neuter plural interpreted as feminine singular), from phrase biblia sacra "holy books," a translation of Greek ta biblia to hagia "the holy books." The Latin word is from the Greek one, biblion "paper, scroll," also the ordinary word for "a book as a division of a larger work;" see biblio- .

The Christian scripture was referred to in Greek as Ta Biblia as early as c. 223. Bible replaced Old English biblioðece (see bibliothec ) as the ordinary word for "the Scriptures." Figurative sense of "any authoritative book" is from 1804. Bible-thumper "strict Christian" is from 1870. Bible belt in reference to the swath of the U.S. South then dominated by fundamentalist Christians is from 1926; likely coined by H.L. Mencken.

Her first husband was a missionary to China, and died miserably out there, leaving her with a small baby and no funds. Her second seems to have left her nearly as quickly, though under his own steam: her souvenir was another infant. For years she toured the Bible Belt in a Ford, haranguing the morons nightly under canvas. [H.L. Mencken, review of Aimee Semple McPherson's "In the Service of the King: The Story of My Life," The American Mercury, April 1928]

Walter Scott and Pope's Homer were reading of my own election, but my mother forced me, by steady daily toil, to learn long chapters of the Bible by heart; as well as to read it every syllable through, aloud, hard names and all, from Genesis to the Apocalypse, about once a year; and to that discipline — patient, accurate, and resolute — I owe, not only a knowledge of the book, which I find occasionally serviceable, but much of my general power of taking pains, and the best part of my taste in literature. ... [O]nce knowing the 32nd of Deuteronomy, the 119th Psalm, the 15th of 1st Corinthians, the Sermon on the Mount, and most of the Apocalypse, every syllable by heart, and having always a way of thinking with myself what words meant, it was not possible for me, even in the foolishest times of youth, to write entirely superficial or formal English .... [John Ruskin, "Fors Clavigera," 1871]

Middle English bok , from Old English boc "book, writing, written document," generally referred (despite phonetic difficulties) to Proto-Germanic *bōk(ō)- , from *bokiz "beech" (source also of German Buch "book" Buche "beech;" see beech ), the notion being of beechwood tablets on which runes were inscribed; but it may be from the tree itself (people still carve initials in them).

Latin and Sanskrit also have words for "writing" that are based on tree names ("birch" and "ash," respectively). And compare French livre "book," from Latin librum , originally "the inner bark of trees" (see library ).

The sense gradually narrowed by early Middle English to "a written work covering many pages fastened together and bound," also "a literary composition" in any form, of however many volumes. Later also "bound pages," whether written on or not. In 19c. it also could mean "a magazine;" in 20c., a telephone directory.

The use of books or written charters was introduced in Anglo-Saxon times by the ecclesiastics, as affording more permanent and satisfactory evidence of a grant or conveyance of land than the symbolical or actual delivery of possession before witnesses, which was the method then in vogue. [Century Dictionary] 

From c. 1200 as "a main subdivision of a larger work." The meaning "libretto of an opera" is from 1768. A betting book "record of bets made" is from 1812. The meaning "sum of criminal charges" is from 1926, hence slang phrase throw the book at (1932). Book of Life "the roll of those chosen for eternal life" is from mid-14c. Book of the month is from 1926. To do something by the book "according to the rules" is from 1590s.

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The prefix circum- which means “around” and the Latin root word circ which mean “ring” both are influential in making up English words. For instance, the prefix circum- gave rise to the words circum ference and circum stances, whereas the root circ gave rise to circ le and circ ulation. Clearly a circum ference is the bearing “around” a circle, whereas a circ le itself is in the form of a “ring.”

Round and Round in Circles

The prefix circum- which means “around” and the Latin root word circ which mean “ring” both are influential in “rounding” out one’s knowledge of English vocabulary. Let’s take these related morphemes today for a quick spin.

The prefix circum- , which means “around,” is featured in several commonly used English words. For example, circum stances are those things in life that are standing “around” you at any given time. When Ferdinand Magellan attempted to circum navigate the globe, he tried to sail “around” it—the expedition he began made it all the way, but Ferdinand himself did not fully complete the circum navigation. Anyone who has taken math has learned how to measure the circum ference of a circle, or the distance that is carried “around” the circle. And if you try to circum vent a huge problem that you don’t want to face? You come or go “around” it!

Now on to the root word circ which means “ring,” which is related to circum- ; one does, after all, go “around” a “ring.” A circ le, of course, is in the shape of a “ring.” A circ us in ancient Rome was a racetrack for chariots, which itself was in the shape of a “ring.” The most famous of these circ uses was the Circ us Maximus, or very great “ring.”

When blood circ ulates in your body, or aquarium water circ ulates through a filtering system, it forms a loop or “ring,” returning to the same place again and again. Thus the human circ ulatory system pertains to the blood flowing to and from the heart in a “ring”-like loop. An electrical circ uit creates a flow of electricity, following a path which is like a “ring” in shape. And of course circ uitry is simply a system or set of circ uits which is running your computer or iPod or smartphone right now.

I think that we’ve gone “around” enough with the prefix circum- , and have “rounded” out our “ring” that illustrates the Latin root circ . We wouldn’t want, after all, to get dizzy!

• circumstances : those events which stand ‘around’ you
• circumnavigate : to sail ‘around’
• circumference : a bearing or carrying ‘around’ a circle
• circumvent : go or come ‘around’
• circle : a figure in the shape of a ‘ring’
• circus : Roman track in the shape of a ‘ring’
• Circus Maximus : the biggest Roman ‘ring’ or chariot-racing track of all
• circulate : to move around in a loop or ‘ring’
• circulatory : of moving about in a ‘ring’
• circuit : path in the shape of a ‘ring’
• circuitry : system of ‘ring’-shaped paths

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If you circum vent something, such as a rule or restriction, you try to get around it in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.

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Circumlocution is a way of saying or writing something that uses too many words, especially in order to avoid stating the true meaning clearly.

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If one's powers or rights are circum scribed, they are limited or restricted.

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If you are circum spect, you are cautious; you think carefully about something before saying or doing it.

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That which is circum stantial is not an essential or primary part of something; rather, it is merely incidental and perhaps insignificant to the situation at hand.

circumference

the size of something as given by the distance around it

circumferential

lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts

circumscription

the act of circum scribing

circumstances

your overall circum stances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

circumvention

the act of evading by going around

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The highest scoring Scrabble word starting with Bibl is Bibliophily, which is worth at least 23 points without any bonuses. The next best word starting with Bibl is bibliophily, which is worth 23 points. Other high score words starting with Bibl are bibliopegic (20), biblist (11), bibliotheca (20), bibless (11), bibliophile (20), bibliopegy (20), biblicisms (18), and biblike (15).

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