bookwormn.

Brit.

/ˈbʊkwəːm/, U.S.

/ˈbʊkˌwərm/

Forms: see book n. and worm n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: book n., worm n.

Etymology: < book n. + worm n.

1. A person who enjoys or is devoted to reading. Frequently somewhat depreciative.

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society > communication > reading > reader > [noun] > one devoted to reading

bookworm1580

helluo librorum1635

paper worm1646

reading machine1809

bibliophagist1881

1580 G. Harvey in E. Spenser & G. Harvey Three Proper & Wittie Lett. 29 A morning bookeworm, an afternoone maltworm.

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iii. ii. sig. E4^v Peruerted, and spoyld, by a whoore-sonne Book-worme, a Candle-waster.

1717 A. Pope Corr. Sept. (1956) I. 430 I wanted nothing but a black Gown and a Salary, to be as meer a Bookworm as any there.

1803 B. Greatheed Jrnl. 17 May (1953) xv. 150 Who would there be but that Quiz Woodhill the bookworm of Northamptonshire.

1865 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (new ed.) VIII. lxvii. 278 No sophist, no schoolman, no mere dreaming bookworm.

1928 E. Ferber Wall Street—'28 in They Brought Their Women (1933) 177 The little bookworm was standing in the center of the splendid room in a little black velvet dress and a little Fauntleroy lace collar and little low-heeled pumps.

1991 Times 13 Apr. (Sat. Review) 10/4 The academic feminists..think their nerdy bookworm husbands are the ideal model of human manhood.

2011 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 Feb. 38/3 Fortunately, there was enough bookworm and dedicated literary artist in him..to allow for the accomplishment of a voluminous, light-footed, serious, deeply satisfying oeuvre.

2. Any of various insects that damage books; spec. a maggot that is said to burrow through the paper and boards.A number of insects damage books in various ways, but the only ones that actually bore through the paper are the larvae of wood-boring beetles. Compare booklouse n., book mite n. at book n. Compounds 3.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > defined by parasitism or feeding > book-worm

bookworm1654

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 244 Book-worme is of all Creatures the longest lived.

1746 G. Adams Micrographia Illustrata xix. 85 The silver-colour'd Book-Worm..is often found scudding among Books and Papers.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Wood-louse, a book-worm.

1855 M. Gatty Parables 66 The bookworm..had just then eaten his way through the back of Lord Bacon's Advancement of Learning.

1886 Bookseller 6 Nov. 1180 A living specimen of a bookworm...Book-worms are the larvæ of a small beetle (anobium.)..I discovered that many of the volumes contained living bookworms.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 246 There are..the bookworms, the clothes-moths, the ‘silver-fish’, and other household insects.

1999 N.Y. Times 7 Jan. d6/3 She described in detail the trail of a bookworm that burrowed through Octavo's version of Copernicus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	bookworm
释义	bookwormn. Brit. /ˈbʊkwəːm/, U.S. /ˈbʊkˌwərm/ Forms: see book n. and worm n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: book n., worm n. Etymology: < book n. + worm n. 1. A person who enjoys or is devoted to reading. Frequently somewhat depreciative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > reader > [noun] > one devoted to reading bookworm1580 helluo librorum1635 paper worm1646 reading machine1809 bibliophagist1881 1580 G. Harvey in E. Spenser & G. Harvey Three Proper & Wittie Lett. 29 A morning bookeworm, an afternoone maltworm. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iii. ii. sig. E4^v Peruerted, and spoyld, by a whoore-sonne Book-worme, a Candle-waster. View more context for this quotation 1717 A. Pope Corr. Sept. (1956) I. 430 I wanted nothing but a black Gown and a Salary, to be as meer a Bookworm as any there. 1803 B. Greatheed Jrnl. 17 May (1953) xv. 150 Who would there be but that Quiz Woodhill the bookworm of Northamptonshire. 1865 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (new ed.) VIII. lxvii. 278 No sophist, no schoolman, no mere dreaming bookworm. 1928 E. Ferber Wall Street—'28 in They Brought Their Women (1933) 177 The little bookworm was standing in the center of the splendid room in a little black velvet dress and a little Fauntleroy lace collar and little low-heeled pumps. 1991 Times 13 Apr. (Sat. Review) 10/4 The academic feminists..think their nerdy bookworm husbands are the ideal model of human manhood. 2011 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 Feb. 38/3 Fortunately, there was enough bookworm and dedicated literary artist in him..to allow for the accomplishment of a voluminous, light-footed, serious, deeply satisfying oeuvre. 2. Any of various insects that damage books; spec. a maggot that is said to burrow through the paper and boards.A number of insects damage books in various ways, but the only ones that actually bore through the paper are the larvae of wood-boring beetles. Compare booklouse n., book mite n. at book n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > defined by parasitism or feeding > book-worm bookworm1654 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 244 Book-worme is of all Creatures the longest lived. 1746 G. Adams Micrographia Illustrata xix. 85 The silver-colour'd Book-Worm..is often found scudding among Books and Papers. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Wood-louse, a book-worm. 1855 M. Gatty Parables 66 The bookworm..had just then eaten his way through the back of Lord Bacon's Advancement of Learning. 1886 Bookseller 6 Nov. 1180 A living specimen of a bookworm...Book-worms are the larvæ of a small beetle (anobium.)..I discovered that many of the volumes contained living bookworms. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 246 There are..the bookworms, the clothes-moths, the ‘silver-fish’, and other household insects. 1999 N.Y. Times 7 Jan. d6/3 She described in detail the trail of a bookworm that burrowed through Octavo's version of Copernicus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1580
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