| slovo | definícia |
bookish
(encz) | bookish,knižní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bookish
(encz) | bookish,studovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Bookish
(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.
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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.
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bookish
(wn) | bookish
adj 1: characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading;
"a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket";
"a quiet studious child" [syn: bookish, studious] |
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bookishness
(encz) | bookishness,knihomolství Zdeněk Brožbookishness,knižnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bookish
(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.
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Bookishly
(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.
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Bookishness
(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.
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Overbookish
(gcide) | Overbookish \O"ver*book"ish\, a.
Excessively bookish.
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Unbookish
(gcide) | Unbookish \Unbookish\
See bookish. |
bookishness
(wn) | bookishness
n 1: exaggerated studiousness |
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