Bookish

[book·ish]

Someone bookish likes books a lot. They're either studious or always seem to be reading.

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Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books.

Adjective S.
characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"


a.
Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books.

a.
Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences.


Bookish

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.

Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books.

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Usage Examples

As a bookish child in Calcutta, I used to thrill to the adventures of bad girls whose pursuit of happiness swept them outside the bounds of social decency. Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Emma Bovary and Anna Karenina lived large in my imagination. The naughty girls of Hollywood films flirted and knew how to drive.

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