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As adjectives the difference between bookish and undefined

is that bookish is given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with people; learned from books while undefined is lacking a definition or value.

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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    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
  • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined