Bookful

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    As much as a book holds.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Full of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books. obsolete

    "The Bookful Blockhead, ignorantly read, / With Loads of Learned Lumber in his Head."

Example

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"The Bookful Blockhead, ignorantly read, / With Loads of Learned Lumber in his Head."

Etymology

From book + -ful.

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book knowledge

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