bookish
pronunciation
How to pronounce bookish in British English:
UK [ˈbʊkɪʃ]
How to pronounce bookish in American English:
US [ˈbʊkɪʃ]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading
Word Origin
- bookish (adj.)
- 1560s, "literary," from book (n.) + -ish. In sense of "overly studious" it is recorded from 1590s. Related: Bookishly; bookishness.
Example
- 1. Evangelos venizelos is a big man , built more like a rugby forward than a bookish finance minister .
- 2. If you found this article while searching for porn that fetishizes bookish bespectacled women , you 're going to be sorely disappointed .
- 3. To read wright and mckenna in succession is like seeing a picture alter before one 's eyes : a bookish fellow becomes a sex addict .
- 4. Probably he noticed that I was a bookish boy , likely to sympathize with him , and perhaps he was trying to warn me to avoid being unlike others .