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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
bookishness
    n 1: exaggerated studiousness

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bookish \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.
      [1913 Webster]

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

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