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Webster 1828 Edition


Unbookish

UNBOOK'ISH

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Adj.
1.
Not addicted to books or reading.
2.
Not cultivated by erudition.

Definition 2024


unbookish

unbookish

English

Adjective

unbookish (comparative more unbookish, superlative most unbookish)

  1. Not bookish.
    • 2009 April 5, Claire Tomalin, “A Woman for All Seasons”, in New York Times:
      The death of her mother when Margaret was just 6, followed by the arrival of an unbookish stepmother, led to her position as the most important female in her father’s life.