avid book-reader
- noun
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lector ávido
- As an avid book-reader, she spends most weekends immersed in novels.
Examples
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His reputation as an avid book-reader began when he finished fifty books in a year.
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Two avid book readers bonded over their love of books.
Blog text (18) -
The avid book-reader couldn't pass a bookstore without buying a new title.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who enjoys looking at books and magazines for pleasure
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3.2
A person who loves reading and spends a lot of time with books
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1.4
A person who loves reading and collecting books
2
9.9
A man who spends much time studying and knows a lot about literature
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8.8
A person who loves books and collects them, often rare or old
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1.0
A person who regularly reads books for pleasure
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8.9
A person who loves books and reads or collects many of them
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2.5
A person who likes reading and collecting books
A woman who reads and studies a lot
How Avid
Surface Forms
Morphology
avid + book-reader
The meaning is directly compositional: 'avid' (enthusiastic) modifies 'book-reader', which is readily analyzable as 'someone who reads books'. A B1 learner who knows 'avid', 'book' and 'reader' can infer 'a person who reads many books with enthusiasm', and this modifier+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
Avid book-reader joins avid (very eager) and book-reader; imagine someone who seems to 'devour' books, always turning pages like they are eating a meal. That's why it means 'a person who reads a large number of books with great enthusiasm'.