Bookishness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or quality of being bookish.
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  • noun. The property of being bookish.
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  • noun. exaggerated studiousness
  • Word Usage
    "Received a hottish email from Jacqueline Bartlett of the St. Martins Booktown Initiative informing me that her Shipbuilding and Fishing village’s claim to bookishness is anything but bogus."
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