US /ˈbʊki/ UK /ˈbʊki/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    fond of books or studious; bookish in manner

    He had a quiet, booky air that suited the old library.

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Synonyms
1 adj · fond of books or studious;... bookishstudiousscholarlylearned
Opposites
unlettered
Word family
Related forms bookbookish

Etymology

From book + -y, denoting a fondness for or resemblance to books. Book descends from Old English bōc, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

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