Bookaholic

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A lover of books. informal

    "“A speed-reading bookaholic, T. R. called his dog-eared traveling volumes ‘The Pigskin Library’ because they had waterproof covers,” Brinkley said in an e-mail message."

Synonyms

All synonyms
bibliophilebibliophilebookloverbooklover

Example

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"“A speed-reading bookaholic, T. R. called his dog-eared traveling volumes ‘The Pigskin Library’ because they had waterproof covers,” Brinkley said in an e-mail message."

Etymology

From book + -aholic.

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