Meanings
adjectivebookwormy (comparative more bookwormy, superlative most bookwormy)
comparative more bookwormy · superlative most bookwormy
- Like a bookworm; studious.
He's a teacher or something, one of them bookwormy men, whose head never pays no attention to what the rest of him is doing.
1912, Alice Hegan Rice, A Romance of Billy Goat Hill, page 39Synonyms: bookwormish
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveLike a bookworm; studious.
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bookwormy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookwormy
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