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bookwormish

bookwormish adjective: like a bookworm.

Adjective

bookwormish (comparative more bookwormish, superlative most bookwormish)

  1. Like a bookworm.

Forms of bookwormish

comparativemore bookwormish
superlativemost bookwormish

Origin of bookwormish

From bookworm + -ish.

Questions about bookwormish

What does bookwormish mean?
Bookwormish means like a bookworm.
What part of speech is bookwormish?
Bookwormish is an adjective.

Words near bookwormish in the dictionary

  1. bookwise
  2. bookword
  3. bookwords
  4. bookwork
  5. bookworm
  6. bookwormish
  7. bookwormism
  8. bookworms
  9. bookwormy
  10. bookwright
  11. bookwrights

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