bookworm
/ˈbʊk.wɜːm/
bookworm noun: any of various insects that infest books.
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
bookworm meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Kannada
bookworm in Hindi
- insect
- दीमक dīmak, किताबी कीड़ा kitābī kīṛā, पुस्तक कीट pustak kīṭ
- avid reader
- किताबी कीड़ा kitābī kīṛā, पुस्तक कीट pustak kīṭ
bookworm in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும்
bookworm in Marathi
- insect
- पुस्तकी कीडा pustakī kīḍā
- avid reader
- पुस्तकी कीडा pustakī kīḍā
bookworm in Kannada
- avid reader
- ಕುಡುಮಿ kuḍumi
More languagesFewer languages
- bookworm in Punjabi
- ਕਿਤਾਬੀ ਕੀੜਾ kitābī kīṛā
- bookworm in Tagalog
- palabasa
- bookworm in Malay
- kutu buku, ulat buku
- bookworm in Indonesian
- kutu buku
- bookworm in Thai
- หนอนหนังสือ nɔ̌ɔn-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ
- bookworm in Vietnamese
- mọt sách
Synonyms of bookworm
Forms of bookworm
| plural | bookworms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | book worm |
Origin of bookworm
From book + worm. Compare West Frisian boekewjirm (“bookworm”), Dutch boekworm, boekwurm, boekenwurm (“bookworm”), Low German Bökerworm (“bookworm”), German Bücherwurm (“bookworm”), Danish bogorm (“bookworm”), Norwegian bokorm (“bookworm”), Faroese bókaormur (“bookworm”), Icelandic bókaormur (“bookworm”).
Words formed from bookworm
Questions about bookworm
- What does bookworm mean?
- Bookworm means any of various insects that infest books.
- What is bookworm in Hindi?
- Bookworm in Hindi is दीमक (dīmak), किताबी कीड़ा (kitābī kīṛā), पुस्तक कीट (pustak kīṭ). See Bookworm meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bookworm?
- Bookworm is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bookworm?
- Bookworm is pronounced /ˈbʊk.wɜːm/.
- What is the plural of bookworm?
- The plural of bookworm is bookworms.
Words near bookworm in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bookworm (page history and authors); bookworm (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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