biblioclast

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Etymology

From biblio- +‎ -clast.

Noun

biblioclast (plural biblioclasts)

  1. One who destroys books, especially the Bible.
    • 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 96:
      [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.

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