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bookish | boo |

As adjectives the difference between bookish and boo

is that bookish is given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with people; learned from books while boo is .

bookish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with people; learned from books.
  • * 1783 , , The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin ?, page 16
    • From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make me a printer, though he had already one son (James) of that profession.
  • Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.
  • * 1996 , Helen L. Harrison, Pistoles/Paroles: Money and Language in Seventeenth-century French Comedy? , page 50
    • Obviously, neither Corneille nor the characters who laugh at excessively bookish speech avoid literary convention.

    Synonyms

    * (characterized by expression found in books) formal, labored, literary, pedantic

    Derived terms

    * bookishly * bookishness

    See also

    * nerd

    Anagrams

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    boo

    English

    Etymology 1

    Coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Latin .

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • A loud exclamation intended to scare someone, especially a child. Usually used when one has been hidden from the victim and then suddenly appeared unexpectedly.
  • A word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared. Not said as loudly as in definition 1.
  • An exclamation used by a member or many members of an audience, as at a stage play or sports game, to indicate derision or disapproval of what has just occurred.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A derisive shout made to indicate disapproval.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Sam Sheringham , title=Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=...Hodgson headed down the tunnel with the boos of fans ringing in his ears after an eighth league defeat of the season...}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shout extended boos derisively.
    • When he took the podium, the crowd booed .
  • * 2004 , The New Yorker, 18 Oct 2004
    • Nobody booed and nobody clapped
  • To derisively shout extended boos at.
    • The protesters loudly booed the visiting senator.

    Etymology 2

    From beau.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, AAVE, slang) A close acquaintance or significant other.

    • Anagrams

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