HyperDic: bookish

English > 1 sense of the word *bookish*:
ADJECTIVE	all	bookish, studious	characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading

bookish > pronunciation
Sounds	buh'kihsh
Rhymes	abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh...

English > *bookish*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading.
Example	"a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"
Synonym	studious
Broader	scholarly	characteristic of scholars or scholarship
Spanish	estudioso, formalista, literario
Nouns	bookishness	exaggerated studiousness