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.
2.
Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences.
-- Book"ish*ly, adv. -- Book"ish*ness, n.
© Webster 1913.