Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
exaggerated studiousness;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Characterized by a method of expression generally found in
books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of
talking; bookish sentences.
[1913 Webster] -- Book"ish*ly, adv. -- Book"ish*ness,
n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bookishness
n 1: exaggerated studiousness