'Bookishness' definitions:
Definition of 'bookishness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Exaggerated studiousness
Definition of 'Bookishness'
From: GCIDE
- Bookish \Book"ish\, a.
- 1. Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books. "A bookish man." --Addison. "Bookish skill." --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences. [1913 Webster] -- {Book"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Book"ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]