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Bookworm

Noun CEFR B2
ˈbʊk.wɜːm

Definitions

  1. Any of various insects that infest books.
  2. An avid book reader.
    figuratively

Equivalents

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Examples

““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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

bookwormism Bookworms bookwright bookwriting booky bool

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