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book·worm
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n.
One who spends much time reading or studying.
Any of various insects, especially booklice and silverfish, that infest books and feed on the paste in the bindings.
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bookworm
1599 (of people), 1855 of insects or maggots; there is no single species known by this name, which is applied to the anolium beetle, silverfishes, and book lice.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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bookworm noun 1. a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit [syn: pedant ] 2. someone who spends a great deal of time reading
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ˈbookworm noun
a person who reads a lot
Arabic: دودَةُ كُتُب ، مولَعٌ بالقِراءه
Chinese (Simplified): 书呆子,蛀书虫
Chinese (Traditional): 書獃子,蛀書蟲
Czech: knihomol
Danish: bogorm
Dutch: boekenwurm
Estonian: raamatukoi
Finnish: lukutoukka
French: rat de bibliothèque
German: der Bücherwurm
Greek: βιβλιοφάγος (μτφ.)
Hungarian: könyvmoly
Icelandic: bókaormur
Indonesian: kutu buku
Italian: topo di biblioteca*
Japanese: 本の虫
Korean: 독서광
Latvian: grāmatu tārps
Lithuanian: knygų graužikas
Norwegian: bokorm, lesehest
Polish: mól książkowy
Portuguese (Brazil): rato de biblioteca
Portuguese (Portugal): rato de biblioteca
Romanian: şoarece de bibliotecă
Russian: книжный червь
Slovak: knihomoľ
Slovenian: knjižni molj
Spanish: ratón de biblioteca
Swedish: bokmal
Turkish: kitap kurdu
See also: book ,
book in ,
booked up ,
by the book ,
bookable ,
bookbinding ,
bookcase ,
booking ,
booking-office ,
booklet ,
bookmaker ,
bookmark ,
bookseller ,
bookshelf ,
bookshop ,
"bookworm" in any language
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -
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Bookworm
Book"worm`\, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.
2. A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation.
I wanted but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. --Pope.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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