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Definition of Booky
1. a. Bookish.
Definition of Booky
1. Adjective. (dated) bookish ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Booky
1. pertaining to books [adj BOOKIER, BOOKIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Booky
Literary usage of Booky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fields and Battlefields by Hope Bagenal (1918)
"She waited, listening to booky, and stirred the pot as she listened. ... The lady
of the estaminet replied to some one else as well as to booky, "Mais oui, ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1889)
"B' Rabby, B' Spider an' B' booky wen' in de field. ... B' booky pitch overbear'
again an' 'e bring u four. B' Spider pitch overbear' again ; 'e float. say, ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"booky. Bookish, literary. 1833 What! You're one of the 600% fellers, that think on
... 1880 Lessons... .which come not of booky teaching, but of experience. ..."
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