bookish
AdjectiveUS[book-ish]/ˈbʊkɪʃ/2 syllables
Synonyms:
studious
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading“a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket”“a quiet studious child”Synonyms: studiousOpposite unscholarlySimilar scholarly
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Book′ish adjective
1. Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books. “A bookish man.” Joseph Addison “Bookish skill.” Bp. Joseph Hall
2. Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences.
— Book′wb-a1′>′ish·ly, adverb — Book′wb-a1′>′ish·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54