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noun
The pleasant smell and aroma of a new (or any) book, caused by the gradual chemical breakdown of the compounds used within the paper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism, uncountable
Topics: literature, media, publishing
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From biblio- (“book”) + -osmia (“smell”). Coined on 24 February 2014 by English lecturer and author Oliver Tearle in a now-deleted tweet, originally as “the act of smelling books”.
