Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who spends much time reading or studying.
- noun Any of various insects, especially booklice and silverfish, that infest books and feed on the paste in the bindings.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name given to the larvæ of various insects, which gnaw and injure books, but particularly to those of two species of small beetles, Anobium (Sitodrepa) paniceum and Ptinus brunneus, belonging to the family Ptinidæ.
- noun A person closely addicted to study; one devoted to the reading of or to research in books: as, “these poring book-worms,” Tatler, No. 278.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.
- noun A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various
insects that infest books. - noun An
avid bookreader .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
- noun someone who spends a great deal of time reading
Etymologies
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Examples
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And I was a bookworm from the very beginning and to this day.
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The Kartell bookworm is my favourite, and is actually something I can afford!
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And I was a bookworm from the very beginning and to this day.
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And I was a bookworm from the very beginning and to this day.
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And I was a bookworm from the very beginning and to this day.
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I guess the best I can do as a bookworm is to try and be a green bookworm.
Starve a Bookworm, Save a Tree: The Pros and Cons of Going Paperless 2008
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But the process of becoming a bookworm is insiduous.
Archive 2005-10-01 Sharon Bakar 2005
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But the process of becoming a bookworm is insiduous.
Catch 'Em Young Sharon Bakar 2005
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It does give a whole new meaning to the word bookworm though.
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It is frequently supposed that the insect, known as the bookworm, is a great enemy to books.
The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Arthur Lee Humphreys 1905
reesetee commented on the word bookworm
What the...what's up with that WeirdNet definition up there? Eesh.
November 16, 2007
uselessness commented on the word bookworm
Next thing you know, they'll be telling us that poindexter is meant to have a negative connotation too.
November 16, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bookworm
It's just...weird.
November 17, 2007
yarb commented on the word bookworm
The phrase book learning always makes me laugh. It strikes me as a real old-time hillbilly expression.
November 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bookworm
Yes--I always hear it as "book larnin'" in my head.
November 17, 2007
quotato commented on the word bookworm
The early bird catches the worm and the bookworm catches the owl. "Quotato"
December 28, 2009