bookhood

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From book +‎ -hood.

Noun[edit]

bookhood (uncountable)

  1. Knowledge of books; scholarship.
    • 1902, The Metallographist:
      In case of a book, however, mutilation can go much farther without destroying bookhood.
  2. The state or dignity of a book.