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English noun: bookworm

1. bookworm (person) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit


Synonymspedant, scholastic


Broader (hypernym)bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student


Narrower (hyponym)purist

2. bookworm (person) someone who spends a great deal of time reading


Broader (hypernym)reader









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