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bookwormy

bookwormy adjective: like a bookworm; studious.

Adjective

bookwormy (comparative more bookwormy, superlative most bookwormy)

  1. Like a bookworm; studious.
    • He's a teacher or something, one of them bookwormy men, whose head never pays no attention to what the rest of him is doing.1912, Alice Hegan Rice, A Romance of Billy Goat Hill, page 39
    Synonyms:
    bookwormish

Synonyms of bookwormy

Forms of bookwormy

comparativemore bookwormy
superlativemost bookwormy

Origin of bookwormy

From bookworm + -y.

Questions about bookwormy

What does bookwormy mean?
Bookwormy means like a bookworm; studious.
What part of speech is bookwormy?
Bookwormy is an adjective.

Words near bookwormy in the dictionary

  1. bookwork
  2. bookworm
  3. bookwormish
  4. bookwormism
  5. bookworms
  6. bookwormy
  7. bookwright
  8. bookwrights
  9. bookwriting
  10. booky
  11. bool

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