bookworm

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
  2. noun someone who spends a great deal of time reading

Etymology

From book + worm.

In classic literature

Synonyms

pedant, scholastic

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