Word of the Day: BOOKISH

Scholarly and maybe sheltered

bookish (adj) - enjoying or devoted to reading and study in a way that might preclude more worldly or physical pursuits; of or pertaining to books [book-ish]

BREAKDOWN: BOOK- (book) + -ISH (pertaining to)

• a bookworm is someone unusually or avidly devoted to reading and study; the larva of an insect that feeds on books or bookbinding

• Nearly every language has a word for bookish types, most of them unflattering… find the list here

“In the Arab world, and Western Asia as a whole, Baghdad was always known as a famously bookish, intellectual city. There's an old saying that Cairo writes, Beirut publishes, and Baghdad reads.” —Annia Ciezadlo