Bookish
adj
adj ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.
"From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. […] This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make me a printer, though he had already one son (James) of that profession."
- 2 Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.
"Besides, all my New York friends were in the negative, nightmare position of putting down society and giving their tired bookish or political or psychoanalytical reasons, […]"
Adjective
- 1 characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading wordnet
Example
More examples""Dennis, I'd rather refer to Kanji as logograms or sinograms." "I think those words are too bookish, Marko." "You may be correct.""
Etymology
From book + -ish.