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bookworm

DEFINITIONS OF: bookworm

1

n someone who spends a great deal of time reading

Type of:
reader
a person who enjoys reading

n a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit

Synonyms:
pedant, scholastic
Types:
purist
someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)
Type of:
bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student
a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
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