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bookaholic

bookaholic noun: a lover of books.

Noun

bookaholic (plural bookaholics)

  1. (informal) A lover of books.
    • “A speed-reading bookaholic, T. R. called his dog-eared traveling volumes ‘The Pigskin Library’ because they had waterproof covers,” Brinkley said in an e-mail message.2009 August 16, Jennifer Schuessler, “Inside the List”, in New York Times

Synonyms of bookaholic

Forms of bookaholic

pluralbookaholics

Origin of bookaholic

From book + -aholic.

Questions about bookaholic

What does bookaholic mean?
Bookaholic means a lover of books.
What part of speech is bookaholic?
Bookaholic is a noun.
What is the plural of bookaholic?
The plural of bookaholic is bookaholics.

Words near bookaholic in the dictionary

  1. book-wright
  2. book-wrights
  3. Bookaar
  4. bookability
  5. bookable
  6. bookaholic
  7. bookaholics
  8. bookaholism
  9. bookalike
  10. bookalikes
  11. bookazine

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