Meaning of BOOKISH
| Pronunciation: | | 'bûkish
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| | Definition: | | [adj] characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child" |
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| | Synonyms: | | scholarly, studious |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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