Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bookish
adj 1: characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading;
"a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket";
"a quiet studious child" [syn: {bookish}, {studious}]
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