bookish

book·ish  (bksh)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a book.

2. Fond of books; studious.

3. Relying chiefly on book learning: took a bookish rather than a pragmatic approach in solving the problem.

4. Pedantic; dull. See Synonyms at pedantic.

5. Literary and formal in tone. Used of words.

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bookish·ly adv.

bookish·ness n.

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bookish [ˈbʊkɪʃ]

adj

1. fond of reading; studious

2. consisting of or forming opinions or attitudes through reading rather than direct personal experience; academic a bookish view of life

3. of or relating to books a bookish career in publishing

bookishly  adv

bookishness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

bookish - characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child" studious scholarly - characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude"

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bookish

adjective studious, learned, academic, intellectual, literary, scholarly, erudite, pedantic, well-read, donnish, swotty (Brit. informal) a bookish socialist

Translations

bookish [ˈbʊkɪʃ] ADJ [learning] → basado en libros, libresco(frm); [person] → estudioso
her dowdy, bookish image → su imagen aburrida, de ratón de biblioteca

bookish [ˈbʊkɪʃ] adj

(= studious) → studieux/euse

(= book-loving) → qui aime lire
bookkeeper [ˈbʊkkiːpə^r] n → comptable mf

bookish

adj → gelehrt (pej, hum); (= given to reading) → lesewütig; (= not worldly) → lebensfremd; language, expression → buchsprachlich; (pej) → trocken, papieren; a bookish word → ein Wort nt → der Schriftsprache; he is a very bookish person → er hat die Nase dauernd in einem Buch; (= not worldly) → er ist ein richtiger Stubengelehrter (pej); bookish style → Buchstil m; (pej) → papierener Stil

bookish [ˈbʊkɪʃ] adj (person) → (troppo) studioso/a; (phrase) → libresco/a

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bookish [ˈbʊkɪʃ] adj (person) → (troppo) studioso/a; (phrase) → libresco/a