Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

book reading

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.96 in modern English

Syllables: book read-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act or practice of reading books or other printed matter.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English *boke-redynge, from Old English bōcrǣding (“book reading”), equivalent to book + reading.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *boke-redynge, bōcrǣding

Usage

Inflected Forms

book readings (plural) book-reading (alternative) bookreading (alternative)

Questions

What does book reading mean?: The act or practice of reading books or other printed matter.
Where does book reading come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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