bookish

bookish has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• a.. Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books.
• a.. Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences.
• a.. characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"