bookworm

book·worm (b

wûrm

)

1. One who spends much time reading or studying.

2. Any of various insects, especially booklice and silverfish, that infest books and feed on the paste in the bindings.

bookworm [ˈbʊkˌwɜːm]

1. a person excessively devoted to studying

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various small insects that feed on the binding paste of books, esp the book louse

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Noun	1.	bookworm - a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit pedant, scholastic purist - someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words) bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
	2.	bookworm - someone who spends a great deal of time reading reader - a person who enjoys reading

Translations

bookworm [ˈbʊkwɜːm] N (fig) → ratón m de biblioteca

bookworm [ˈbʊkwɜː^rm] n → dévoreur/euse m/f de livres, rat m de bibliothèque

bookworm [ˈbʊkˌwɜːm] n (fig) → topo di biblioteca

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In this chair, from one year's end to another, sat that prodigious bookworm, Cotton Mather, sometimes devouring a great book, and sometimes scribbling one as big.

Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

This old fellow is Mac, the bookworm, called Worm for short.

Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

Johnson's father was a bookworm, like his son, rather than a tradesman.

English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context

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