Bibliogony (noun)
bib-lee-o-gon-ee
the art of producing and publishing books.
As we learned from the Word of the Day bibliophile, biblio- comes from Ancient Greek biblíon, “papyrus roll.” The form -gony, meaning “origination, production,” comes from Ancient Greek gónos, “seed, generation,” which appears in several words related to reproduction. Bibliogony was first recorded in English circa 1840.
Example sentences
“It’ thought there’s been a drop in the standards of bibliogony with the advent of mass market paperbacks.”
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