Definitions
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- noun
Knowledge of books;scholarship . - noun The
state ordignity of abook .
Etymologies
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From book + -hood.
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Examples
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It has now entered both hardback and trade paperback bookhood.
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The preceding paper (70) was given me by a gentleman, who has a better opinion of my bookhood than I deserve.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Horace Walpole 1757
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