bookworm
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bookworm
- /ˈbʊk.wɜːm/
Where it comes from
From book + worm. Compare West Frisian boekewjirm (“bookworm”), Dutch boekworm, boekwurm, boekenwurm (“bookworm”), Low German Bökerworm (“bookworm”), German Bücherwurm (“bookworm”), Danish bogorm (“bookworm”), Norwegian bokorm (“bookworm”), Faroese bókaormur (“bookworm”), Icelandic bókaormur (“bookworm”).
noun bookworms · book worm
- Any of various insects that infest books.
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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.
Similar: bibliophage, bibliophile, bibliovore, book lover, librophile, librovore
Translations
Every language
noun insect
| 한국어 | 책벌레 chaekbeolle |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 紙魚 shimi, 本の虫 hon no mushi |
| 中文 | 書蛀蟲 /书蛀虫 shūzhùchóng, 蠹魚 /蠹鱼 dùyú |
| हिन्दी | दीमक dīmak, किताबी कीड़ा kitābī kīṛā, पुस्तक कीट pustak kīṭ |
| Português | traça |
| Deutsch | Bücherwurm |
| Italiano | bibliofago |
| Ελληνικά | βιβλιοσκώληξ vivlioskólix, βιβλιοφάγος vivliofágos |
| Română | molie de cărți |
| Русский | кни́жный червь knížnyj červʹ, кни́жная вошь knížnaja vošʹ, книгое́д knigojéd |
noun avid reader
| Español | ratón de biblioteca, tragalibros, comelibros, letraherido |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 독서광 dokseogwang, 책벌레 chaekbeolle |
| 日本語 | 本の虫 hon no mushi, 書痴 shochi |
| 中文 | 書蟲 /书虫 shūchóng, 書呆子 /书呆子 shūdāizi |
| हिन्दी | किताबी कीड़ा kitābī kīṛā, पुस्तक कीट pustak kīṭ |
| Português | rato de biblioteca, bibliófago |
| Français | rat de bibliothèque, papivore, bibliophage |
| Deutsch | Bücherwurm, Leseratte, Bücherbohrer |
| Italiano | bibliofago, topo di biblioteca |
| Ελληνικά | βιβλιοφάγος vivliofágos, βιβλιόφιλος vivliófilos, φιλαναγνώστης filanagnóstis |
| Română | șoarece de bibliotecă |
| Русский | кни́жный червь knížnyj červʹ, книгое́д knigojéd, книголю́б knigoljúb, библиофи́л bibliofíl, книгоче́й knigočéj, кни́жник knížnik |
| Tiếng Việt | mọt sách |
| עברית | תּוֹלַעַת סְפָרִים tolá'at sfarím |
Talk about this word "bookworm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bookworm. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bookworm. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bookworm "bookworm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bookworm.Cite this
@misc{bookworm_2026,
title = {bookworm},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bookworm},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
