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booksy

booksy adjective: pertaining to books.

Adjective

booksy (comparative more booksy, superlative most booksy)

  1. (informal) Pertaining to books.
    • "I feel that a book shop should be more, well, booksy."1948, Dan Wickenden, Tobias Brandywine
    • "Booksy talk?" Quail was amused by this not entirely felicitous apology. "But my dear young man, you were as booksy as any of us...1955, John Innes Mackintosh Stewart, The guardians
  2. (informal) Inclined to read books; literate.
    • And he wasn't booksy and didn't pretend to be: he cheerfully admitted to reading no books except the occasional thriller.1972, John Braine, The queen of a distant country

Forms of booksy

comparativemore booksy
superlativemost booksy

Origin of booksy

From books + -y.

Questions about booksy

What does booksy mean?
Booksy means pertaining to books.
What part of speech is booksy?
Booksy is an adjective.

Words near booksy in the dictionary

  1. bookstorekeeper
  2. bookstorekeepers
  3. bookstores
  4. bookswap
  5. bookswaps
  6. booksy
  7. booktalk
  8. booktalks
  9. booktastic
  10. bookteaching
  11. Bookternet

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