Bookworm

Bookworm stands for:

• the larvae of various rodent beetle species whose habitat is originally dry deadwood and which also attack furniture, books or dry food such as bread in the human environment. A typical representative is the bread beetle
• a slang metaphor for people who read a lot, see bibliophilia
• a term of ridicule from the middle of the 18th century for people who did not agree with the media and mentality changes of the era
• a painting by Carl Spitzweg from 1850, see The Bookworm

See also:

• bibliomania
• Bookworms
• Bookworm
• Reading addiction

Wiktionary: bookworm  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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