bouquinerv.
[bu.ki.ne]
to read for pure pleasure; to browse through books
In a sentence
- Je vais bouquiner au parc cet aprèm, tu viens ?I’m going to read in the park this afternoon, coming?
- Elle passe ses dimanches à bouquiner près de la fenêtre.She spends her Sundays reading by the window.
From bouquin, an affectionate word for a book: the verb for reading in a deckchair with no purpose beyond pleasure, ideally beside the Seine’s bouquinistes.
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