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   Book·ish

   /ˈbo͝okiSH/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or way of life) devoted to reading and studying rather than worldly interests: "by comparison I was very bookish, intellectual, and wordy in a wrong way"
   • ▪ (of language or writing) literary in style or allusion: "long bookish scholarship"

   Derivatives

   • 1. bookishly adverb
   • 2. bookishness noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • B

     3

   • O

     1

   • O

     1

   • K

     5

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • H

     4

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