bookworm : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bookworm	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bookworm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bookworm n a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit Synonym(s): pedant, bookworm, scholastic someone who spends a great deal of time reading
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bookworm \Book"worm`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known. 2. A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation. I wanted but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. --Pope.