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book-shy

book-shy adjective: predisposed to avoiding books or reading material.

Adjective

book-shy

  1. (uncommon) Predisposed to avoiding books or reading material.

Questions about book-shy

What does book-shy mean?
Book-shy means predisposed to avoiding books or reading material.
What part of speech is book-shy?
Book-shy is an adjective.

Words near book-shy in the dictionary

  1. book-readers
  2. book-reading
  3. book-ridden
  4. book-scorpion
  5. book-scorpions
  6. book-shy
  7. book-signing
  8. book-signings
  9. book-slide
  10. book-slides
  11. book-smart

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