About The Word Bookish
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Bookish
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What's The Definition Of Bookish?
[adj] characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Bookish: scholarly | studious Related Terms | Find terms related to Bookish: academic | autodidactic | bibliophagic | bluestocking | book-fed | book-learned | book-loving | book-minded | book-read | book-wise | booky | college-bred | collegiate | devoted to studies | diligent | donnish | dryasdust | graduate | highbrow | inkhorn | learned | literary | mandarin | owlish | pedantic | postgraduate | professorial | rabbinic | scholarly | scholastic | schoolboyish | schoolgirlish | sophomoric | studentlike | studious | undergraduate See Also | Bookish In Webster's Dictionary \Book"ish\, a.
1. Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with
books than with men; learned from books. ``A bookish
man.'' --Addison. ``Bookish skill.'' --Bp. Hall.
2. Characterized by a method of expression generally found in
books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of
talking; bookish sentences. -- {Book"ish*ly}, adv. --
{Book"ish*ness}, n.
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