bookish English

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What does bookish mean?

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bookish Adjective

— If someone is bookish, then they are like to read a lot, especially serious books.

bookish

— adjective (= studious) characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket a quiet studious child

Synonyms bookish synonyms

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bookish English » English

studious

literary

punctilious

pedantic

academic

stuffy

scholastic

scholar

savant

sapient

pettifogging

one who reads books

lettered

industrious

formal

finicky

fastidious

donnish

dogmatic

diligent

booksy

book