adj
Meaning 1
Dominated or plagued by books.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He refused to come out of his dusty book-ridden room.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
book-ridden
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheh2ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bheh2g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English -ridden English book-ridden From book + -ridden.