English Dictionary

bookish

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbʊk.ɪʃ/

形容詞

Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result. / Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.

日本語の意味

読書や学問を好む、特に社交性に欠ける傾向がある人物を指す / 本に見られるような表現方法を特徴とする

Her bookish demeanor made it hard for her to join the lively conversations at the café.

彼女は読書好きでどこか社交性に欠けていたため、カフェでの活気ある会話に入るのが難しかった。

意味（1）

Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.

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.

意味（2）

Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.

Besides, all my New York friends were in the negative, nightmare position of putting down society and giving their tired bookish or political or psychoanalytical reasons, […]

more bookish （ comparative ）

most bookish （ superlative ）