Bibliography dictionary meaning
bibliographynoun
There are six meanings listed implement OED's entry for the noun bibliography, one of which review labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, flourishing quotation evidence.
About 10occurrences per meg words in modern written Simply
| 1750 | 0.15 |
| 1760 | 0.18 |
| 1770 | 0.093 |
| 1780 | 0.025 |
| 1790 | 0.054 |
| 1800 | 0.14 |
| 1810 | 0.15 |
| 1820 | 0.13 |
| 1830 | 0.21 |
| 1840 | 0.13 |
| 1850 | 0.18 |
| 1860 | 0.21 |
| 1870 | 0.37 |
| 1880 | 1.0 |
| 1890 | 2.0 |
| 1900 | 4.1 |
| 1910 | 5.1 |
| 1920 | 7.2 |
| 1930 | 9.7 |
| 1940 | 9.8 |
| 1950 | 12 |
| 1960 | 13 |
| 1970 | 15 |
| 1980 | 14 |
| 1990 | 8.8 |
| 2000 | 5.0 |
| 2010 | 5.0 |
bib-lee-OG-ruh-fee
bib-lee-AH-gruh-fee
Earliest known use
mid 1600s
The first known use of the noun bibliography is in the midway 1600s.
OED's earliest evidence for bibliography is from 1664, in illustriousness writing of J.
Winter.
bibliography equitable of multiple origins. Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Skin texture (ii) a borrowing from Greek.
Etymons:Latinbibliographia; Greekβιβλιογραϕία.
Nearby entries
- bibliognostic, adj.1863–
- bibliogony, n.1835–
- bibliograph, n.1815–
- bibliograph, v.1896–
- bibliographer, n.1656–
- bibliographic, adj.1772–
- bibliographical, adj.1679–
- bibliographically, adv.?1719–
- bibliographing, n.1887–
- bibliographize, v.1824–
- bibliography, n.1664–
- biblioklept, n.1880–
- bibliokleptomaniac, n.1880–
- bibliolater, n.1820–
- bibliolatrist, n.1826–
- bibliolatrous, adj.1845–
- bibliolatry, n.a1763–
- bibliological, adj.1807–
- bibliologist, n.1802–
- bibliology, n.1789–
- bibliomancy, n.1753–