book worm
book worm is the alternative form of bookworm.
Meaning of bookworm
Noun
bookworm (plural bookworms)
- Any of various insects that infest books.
- An avid book reader.
- “This,” remarked the sedate observer beside me, “is a bookworm,—one of those men who are born to gnaw dead thoughts. His clothes, you see, are covered with the dust of libraries.1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Earth's Holocaust”, in Mosses from an Old Manse
- Synonyms:
- bibliophage, bibliophile, bibliovore, book lover, librophile, librovore
Forms of book worm
| plural | book worms |
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Questions about book worm
- What is book worm the alternative form of?
- Book worm is the alternative form of bookworm.
Words near book worm in the dictionary
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