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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Bookishness (0.01194 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Bookishness.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bookishness
bookishness
n : exaggerated studiousness
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bookishness
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]
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