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bookish

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bookish/ˈbʊkɪʃ/

▶adjective

1 devoted to reading and studying.

2 (of language) literary in style.

– derivatives
bookishly adverb,
bookishness noun.

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