bookish

/'bukiʃ/

Thân thiện

A bookish child reads a thick novel under a large oak tree.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading: Describes a person who enjoys and spends much time reading and studying. 2. More acquainted with books than with real life; pedantic: Describes knowledge, style, or behavior that is academic, theoretical, or derived from books rather than practical experience.

Usage and Examples

• She was a bookish child, always found with her nose in a novel.
• His writing has a bookish quality, filled with obscure literary references.
• The professor's bookish manner made him seem detached from everyday concerns.

Advanced Usage

• "bookish knowledge": Knowledge gained primarily from reading, often implying a lack of practical application.
  • His understanding of farming was purely bookish until he started working on the land.
• "bookish interests": Hobbies or pursuits centered around reading and academic study.
  • Her bookish interests led her to pursue a degree in library science.

Variants and Related Words

• Bookishly (adverb): In a bookish manner.
  • He spoke bookishly, using complex vocabulary.
• Bookishness (noun): The quality of being bookish.
  • Her bookishness was evident in her extensive personal library.

Synonyms

• Studious: Spending much time studying or reading.
• Scholarly: Involving or characteristic of serious academic study.
• Pedantic: Overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
• Learned: Having much knowledge acquired by study.

Antonyms

• Unscholarly
• Ignorant
• Practical
• Worldly

Idioms and Phrases

• To have a bookish bent/turn of mind: To have a natural inclination toward reading and academic pursuits.
  • From a young age, he had a bookish turn of mind.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading
   • a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket
   • a quiet studious child

Từ đồng nghĩa

• studious