Meaning of book-bosomed | Babel Free

Definitions

Describing an individual who carries a book at all times.

archaic, literary

Examples

“The dwarf espied the mighty Book! Much he marvelled, a knight of pride, Like a book-bosom'd priest, should ride.”

“Many a dreamy hour have I wandered in this delicious solitude, not ‘book-bosomed’; for, at such times, my rule is peu lire, pense beaucoup.”

“Old Morough..spoke of a lot of book-bosomed monks to sentinel us, and an exorcist to expel us.”

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