Bookish

Definition:

  • (a.) Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books.
  • (a.) Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences.

Compare bookish with other words:

bookish vs. boorish

bookish vs. publication

bookish vs. overbookish

bookish vs. booky

bookish vs. bookworm

bookish vs. studious

bookish vs. nerd

bookish vs. pedantic

bookish vs. literary

bookish vs. labored

bookish vs. formal

bookish vs. expression

bookish vs. learned

bookish vs. fond

bookish vs. reading

book vs. bookish