Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bookish

Bookish , adjective

1.
Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books.
A bookish man. — Addison
Bookish skill. — Bp. Hall
2.
Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences.