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[ book-ish ] / ˈbʊk ɪʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bookish ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivegiven or devoted to reading or study. more acquainted with books than with real life. of or relating to books; literary. stilted; pedantic. Origin of bookishFirst recorded in 1560–70; book + -ish1 SYNONYMS FOR bookishSEE SYNONYMS FOR bookish ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM bookishbook·ish·ly, adverbbook·ish·ness, nounnon·book·ish, adjectivenon·book·ish·ly, adverb non·book·ish·ness, nouno·ver·book·ish, adjectiveo·ver·book·ish·ly, adverbo·ver·book·ish·ness, nounun·book·ish, adjectiveun·book·ish·ly, adverbun·book·ish·ness, noun Words nearby bookishbooking, booking agent, booking clerk, booking office, book into, bookish, book jacket, bookkeeping, book learning, booklet, booklet pane Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bookishAloof and bookish, Pius XI (Achille Ratti) spent years as a Vatican librarian before becoming a diplomat and cardinal. How the Catholic Church Got in Bed with Mussolini|Jason Berry|February 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Margot, three years older than Anne, was quiet and bookish but still a part of things. Anne Frank’s Amsterdam|Russell Shorto|October 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST Poet Jackie Kay said of the nominees, “It is a sad day when even the Booker is afraid to be bookish.” The 12 Biggest Booker Prize Controversies|Thomas Flynn|July 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST Great new novels on hippie California, a bookish adventure, and the gritty Midwest. 3 Must-Read Novels|Taylor Antrim, Anne Trubek, Nicholas Mancusi|July 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
While the bookish set frets about the iPad, Kindle, and the future of publishing, the cool kids are eating their lunch. How to Sound Smart on Thanksgiving|Samuel P. Jacobs|November 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST This, in the calendar of bookish misdemeanors, is the crime of crimes. The Unpublishable Memoirs|A. S. W. Rosenbach Art this one, science that; to Joe adventure, to Tom a bookish habit. This Freedom|A. S. M. Hutchinson To a bookish man—I mean a man who can manage to collect books—there is no tax. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)|Augustus De Morgan Above all, they objected to the bookish education which she was giving to her son, the young King. The Letters of Cassiodorus|Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator) I do not mean that he is boorish or eccentric, merely that he is bookish and self-absorbed. The Opinions of a Philosopher|Robert Grant
British Dictionary definitions for bookish
adjectivefond of reading; studious consisting of or forming opinions or attitudes through reading rather than direct personal experience; academica bookish view of life of or relating to booksa bookish career in publishing Derived forms of bookishbookishly, adverbbookishness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bookishstudious, brainy, academic, intelligent, learned, literary, pedantic, smart, scholastic |