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book-ridden

book-ridden adjective: dominated or plagued by books.

Adjective

book-ridden (comparative more book-ridden, superlative most book-ridden)

  1. Dominated or plagued by books.
    • He refused to come out of his dusty book-ridden room.

Forms of book-ridden

comparativemore book-ridden
superlativemost book-ridden

Origin of book-ridden

From book + -ridden.

Questions about book-ridden

What does book-ridden mean?
Book-ridden means dominated or plagued by books.
What part of speech is book-ridden?
Book-ridden is an adjective.

Words near book-ridden in the dictionary

  1. book-numbers
  2. book-read
  3. book-reader
  4. book-readers
  5. book-reading
  6. book-ridden
  7. book-scorpion
  8. book-scorpions
  9. book-shy
  10. book-signing
  11. book-signings

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