bookish
[boo k-ish]
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Origin of bookish
Synonyms
See more synonyms for bookish on Thesaurus.com4. academic, scholastic.
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Contemporary Examples
Aloof and bookish, Pius XI (Achille Ratti) spent years as a Vatican librarian before becoming a diplomat and cardinal.
Margot, three years older than Anne, was quiet and bookish but still a part of things.
Poet Jackie Kay said of the nominees, “It is a sad day when even the Booker is afraid to be bookish.”
Great new novels on hippie California, a bookish adventure, and the gritty Midwest.
While the bookish set frets about the iPad, Kindle, and the future of publishing, the cool kids are eating their lunch.
Historical Examples
In a paper on his books, it is permissible to end with a bookish anecdote.
De Libris: Prose and VerseAustin Dobson
I had not dared to look into her eyes, as I talked meaningless, bookish words.
City of Endless NightMilo Hastings
He's vulgar and hysterical and bookish, but don't think that sums him up.
Howards EndE. M. Forster
No one pretends that Patrick Henry ever became a bookish person.
Patrick HenryMoses Coit Tyler
Your minds are not your own, but the patches of other people's bookish duds.
John SplendidNeil Munro
bookish
- fond 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
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