okumaya düşkün

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bookish
Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with people; learned from books

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make me a printer, though he had already one son (James) of that profession.

Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books

Obviously, neither Corneille nor the characters who laugh at excessively bookish speech avoid literary convention.

{a} much given to reading, studious
characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"
characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child
Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books
{s} literary; fond of reading
Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences
disapproval Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious books. = studious. someone who is bookish is more interested in reading and studying than in sports or other activities
okumaya düşkün