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Vinony

bookworm

noun

  1. insect which supposedly bores through books
  2. a book lover, an avid reader
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbʊk.wɜːm/

noun

Etymology: From book + worm.

  1. Any of various insects that infest books.
  2. 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.”