Booksy

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to books. informal

    ""I feel that a book shop should be more, well, booksy.""

  2. 2
    Inclined to read books; literate. informal

    "And he wasn't booksy and didn't pretend to be: he cheerfully admitted to reading no books except the occasional thriller."

Example

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""I feel that a book shop should be more, well, booksy.""

Etymology

From books + -y.

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