bookworm

Definition of Bookworm in English :

1. bookworm, pedant, scholastic

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

2. bookworm

someone who spends a great deal of time reading

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bookworm

noun

1.

a person excessively devoted to studying or reading

2.

any of various small insects that feed on the binding paste of books, esp the book louse

noun

1.

any of a number of insects or insect larvae that harm books by feeding on the binding, paste, etc.

2.

a person who spends much time reading or studying

n.

1. One who spends much time reading or studying.

2. Any of various insects, especially booklice and silverfish, that infest books and feed on the paste in the bindings.