Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bookish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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" [syn: {studious}]
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