bookishnessn.

Brit.

/ˈbʊkᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈbʊkᵻʃnᵻs/

Forms: see bookish adj. and adv. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bookish adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < bookish adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality of being bookish; fondness for books or study; learning. Frequently somewhat depreciative (cf. bookish adj. 1b).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > [noun] > mere book-learning

bookishness1577

bookism1788

savantism1855

bookiness1877

society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [noun] > studiousness

studiosityc1450

studiousness1530

bookishness1577

bookism1788

bookiness1877

1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 103/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I The yong stripling (as vsually kinde doth creepe) rather of nature addicted to valiantnesse, than wedded to bookishnesse, choosed to be a trauaylour.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. H2^v A chaine-shot against all learning, or bookishnes, as they commonly tearme it.

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Acts xxvi. 24 Much Learning or Bookishness hath distracted thee.

1751 Constantia I. 95 We shall now have an opportunity of seeing whether your bookishness has affected your genius.

1818 J. Mackintosh Jrnl. 29 Mar. in R. J. Mackintosh Life (1835) II. v. 348 The bookishness of his language betrays him to the ear.

1878 J. Morley Diderot I. 210 Diderot despised mere bookishness.

1926 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 41 759 He saw plainly Longfellow's..platitudinousness of thought, his excessive bookishness, his weak didacticism.

2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Mar. 14/1 Self-conscious about his lack of formal education, he took my bookishness as a personal affront.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bookishness
释义	bookishnessn. Brit. /ˈbʊkᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈbʊkᵻʃnᵻs/ Forms: see bookish adj. and adv. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bookish adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < bookish adj. + -ness suffix. The quality of being bookish; fondness for books or study; learning. Frequently somewhat depreciative (cf. bookish adj. 1b). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > [noun] > mere book-learning bookishness1577 bookism1788 savantism1855 bookiness1877 society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [noun] > studiousness studiosityc1450 studiousness1530 bookishness1577 bookism1788 bookiness1877 1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 103/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I The yong stripling (as vsually kinde doth creepe) rather of nature addicted to valiantnesse, than wedded to bookishnesse, choosed to be a trauaylour. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. H2^v A chaine-shot against all learning, or bookishnes, as they commonly tearme it. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Acts xxvi. 24 Much Learning or Bookishness hath distracted thee. 1751 Constantia I. 95 We shall now have an opportunity of seeing whether your bookishness has affected your genius. 1818 J. Mackintosh Jrnl. 29 Mar. in R. J. Mackintosh Life (1835) II. v. 348 The bookishness of his language betrays him to the ear. 1878 J. Morley Diderot I. 210 Diderot despised mere bookishness. 1926 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 41 759 He saw plainly Longfellow's..platitudinousness of thought, his excessive bookishness, his weak didacticism. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Mar. 14/1 Self-conscious about his lack of formal education, he took my bookishness as a personal affront. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1577
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