Bookworm

['bʊkwɜːm] or ['bʊk'wɝm]

(noun.) someone who spends a great deal of time reading.

Edited by Cecilia--From WordNet

(n.) Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.

(n.) A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation.

Checker: Marty

n. Great reader or student (without discrimination and without definite purpose).

Inputed by Jill

To a poor bookworm and invalid like myself such a blow is paralyzing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
I've wanted it so long, said Jo, who was a bookworm. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

Typed by Corinne