bookworm
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 19
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 8
/ˈbʊk.wɜːm/
Definition of bookworm
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- Any of various insects that infest books.
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noun
- Any of various insects that infest books.
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(figuratively)An avid book reader.
““This,” remarked the sedate observer beside me, “is a bookworm,—one of those men who are born to gnaw dead thoughts. His clothes, you see, are covered with the dust of libraries.”
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Etymology
From book + worm.
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