Definition of bookish
- 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.
- 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.