Transcription
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- [boo k-wurm]
- /ˈbʊkˌwɜrm/
- /ˈbʊk.wɜːm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [boo k-wurm]
- /ˈbʊkˌwɜrm/
Definitions of bookworm word
- countable noun bookworm If you describe someone as a bookworm, you mean they are very fond of reading. 3
- noun bookworm a person excessively devoted to studying or reading 3
- noun bookworm any of various small insects that feed on the binding paste of books, esp the book louse 3
- noun bookworm any of a number of insects or insect larvae that harm books by feeding on the binding, paste, etc. 3
- noun bookworm a person who spends much time reading or studying 3
- noun bookworm a person devoted to reading or studying. 1
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Origin of bookworm
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; book + worm
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Bookworm
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bookworm popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bookworm usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bookworm
noun bookworm
- savant — a person of profound or extensive learning; learned scholar.
- scholar — a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.
- intellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
- reader — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
- bibliophile — a person who collects or is fond of books
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