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What is another word for bookworm?

What is another word for bookworm?

What are some synonyms for bookworm?

  • bibliophile.
  • bibliophage.
  • voracious reader.
  • avid reader.
  • prolific reader.
  • booklouse.

What is the French equivalent of bookworm?

littéraire|fr rare|fr Passionné de lecture….noun.

From To Via
• bookworm → rat de bibliothèque ↔ Bücherwurm

What is Bookworm in Latin?

bookworm. bookworm. worm noun. ubi vermis, vermis, tinea.

How do you say books in different languages?

In other languages book

  1. American English: book /ˈbʊk/
  2. Arabic: كِتَاب
  3. Brazilian Portuguese: livro.
  4. Chinese: 书
  5. Croatian: knjiga.
  6. Czech: kniha.
  7. Danish: bog.
  8. Dutch: boek.

Is bookworm a idiom?

The origin of the idiom “bookworm” probably originated as a somewhat derogatory term for a person who studied or read more than was usual. Bugs such as silverfish, book lice, and linoleum beetles were referred to as bookworms because they inhabited books; thus the idiom.

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What is the antonym of bookworm?

Opposite of a person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science. ignoramus. amateur. fool. lowbrow.

What does ink drinker mean?

Reading horse (Danish) Ink drinker (French)

What does Buveur D Encre mean?

Le buveur d’encre (literally, ‘ink drinker’) normally means ‘bookworm’ in french but here, we literally have an ink drinker.

What is Helluo librorum?

Filters. (now rare) An obsessive and insatiable bookworm.

What is French word for book?

book: livre; bouquin; volume; livre de poche; petit livre.

What we call books in French?

livres, le ~ (m) Noun. ouvrages, le ~ (m) Noun.

What is the origin of the word bookworm?