English-Thai Dictionary

bookish

ADJ ชอบ อ่านหนังสือ  chob-an-nang-sue

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BOOKISH

a.Given to reading; fond of study; more acquainted with books than with men.

 

BOOKISHLY

adv. In the way of being addicted to books or much reading.

 

BOOKISHNESS

n.Addictedness to books; fondness for study.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BOOKISH

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.

 

2. Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences. -- Book "ish *ly, adv. -- Book "ish *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bookish

book ish |ˈbo͝okiSH ˈbʊkɪʃ | ▶adjective (of a person or way of life ) devoted to reading and studying rather than worldly interests: by comparison I was very bookish, intellectual, and wordy in a wrong way. • (of language or writing ) literary in style or allusion: long bookish scholarship | a bookish but eloquent erotic memoir. DERIVATIVES book ish ly adverb, book ish ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

bookish

book |ish |ˈbʊkɪʃ | ▶adjective (of a person or way of life ) devoted to reading and studying. • (of language or writing ) literary in style or allusion. DERIVATIVES bookishly adverb, bookishness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

bookish

bookish adjective Swann was always the bookish one in our group: studious, scholarly, academic, intellectual, highbrow, erudite, learned, lettered, educated, well-read, knowledgeable; cerebral, serious, earnest; pedantic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

bookish

bookish adjective he was more bookish than his fellow students: studious, scholarly, academic, literary, intellectual, highbrow, erudite, learned, well read, widely read, educated, well educated, well informed, knowledgeable, cultured, accomplished; pedantic, pedagogical, donnish, bluestocking, cerebral, serious, earnest, thoughtful; impractical, ivory-towerish; informal brainy, egghead; dated lettered; archaic clerkly. ANTONYMS lowbrow.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bookish

book ish /bʊ́kɪʃ /形容詞 1 本好きの ; ｟けなして ｠ガリ勉の, 書物ばかり読んでいる 〈人 生活 〉.2 (実際の経験に基づかない )机上の, 書物で得た 〈知識 考え 〉.3 〈言葉 文体が 〉文語調の .4 本に関する .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞