word of the day
Thursday | 8 Sep 2022
Librocubicularist
[lih-bro-kyoo-bih-kyoo-luh-rist]
Noun
Latin, American - early 20th century
- Definition
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A person who reads books in bed.
- Examples of word Librocubicularist in a sentence
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“Here’s something I didn’t know about my wife, Julie, before I married her, she’s a librocubicularist. There is no known cure, but that’s OK because a librocubicularist is someone who reads in bed.”
- Did you Know?
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The word “librocubicularist” is considered a creation of American writer Christopher Morley in his 1919 novel “The Haunted Bookshop.” It is derived from the Latin word “cubiculum” meaning “bedroom” which itself comes from cubare, meaning “to lie” or “to recline.”
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