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overbookish

overbookish adjective: excessively bookish.

Adjective

overbookish (comparative more overbookish, superlative most overbookish)

  1. Excessively bookish.

Forms of overbookish

comparativemore overbookish
superlativemost overbookish

Origin of overbookish

From over- + bookish.

Questions about overbookish

What does overbookish mean?
Overbookish means excessively bookish.
What part of speech is overbookish?
Overbookish is an adjective.

Words near overbookish in the dictionary

  1. overbooked
  2. overbooker
  3. overbookers
  4. overbooking
  5. overbookings
  6. overbookish
  7. overbooks
  8. overboom
  9. overboomed
  10. overbooming
  11. overbooms

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