booketeria

noun

book·​e·​te·​ria

ˌbu̇kəˈtirēə

variants or less commonly bookateria

plural -s

1

: a self-service bookstore

2

: a self-service free lending library carrying books owned by a public library but housed elsewhere (as at a supermarket)

Word History

Etymology

booketeria from book entry 1 + -eteria (as in cafeteria); bookateria, alteration of booketeria

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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