bookwormy en · ADJ
Etymology
From bookworm + -y.
Meanings
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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 39:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most bookwormy | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more bookwormy | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |