book-ridden

adjective

Dominated or plagued by books.

“He refused to come out of his dusty book-ridden room.”

OriginEnglish book ← Middle English bok ← Old English bōc →
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Meanings

adjectivebook-ridden (comparative more book-ridden, superlative most book-ridden)

comparative more book-ridden · superlative most book-ridden

  1. Dominated or plagued by books.

    He refused to come out of his dusty book-ridden room.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  5. Old Englishbōc
  6. Middle Englishbok
  7. Englishbook
  8. Englishbook-ridden

From book + -ridden.

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APA

book-ridden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book-ridden

MLA

“book-ridden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book-ridden. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “book-ridden,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book-ridden.

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