Associations to the word «Bookish»

Wiktionary

BOOKISH, adjective. Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with people; learned from books.
BOOKISH, adjective. Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.

Dictionary definition

BOOKISH, adjective. Characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky