librocubicularistとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Can we verify this pronunciation?) (英国発音) IPA: /laɪ.bɹəʊˌkju.bɪˈkju.lə.ɹɪst/
• (Can we verify this pronunciation?) (米国発音) IPA: /laɪ.bɹoʊˌkju.bɪˈkju.lə.ɹɪst/
• ハイフネーション: lib‧ro‧cu‧bic‧u‧lar‧ist

名詞

librocubicularist (plural librocubicularists)

1. (rare) A person who reads in bed.
   • 1919, Christopher Morley, The Haunted Bookshop‎, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, →OCLC, page 190:

     “Miss Chapman, you take the book up with you and read it in bed if you want to. Are you a librocubicularist?”
     Titania looked a little scandalized.
     “It’s all right, my dear,” said Helen. “He only means are you fond of reading in bed. I’ve been waiting to hear him work that word into the conversation. He made it up, and he’s immensely proud if it.”