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bookish (adj.)
[bookish 词源字典]
1560s, "literary," from
book
(n.) +
-ish
. In sense of "overly studious" it is recorded from 1590s. Related:
Bookishly
;
bookishness
.
[bookish etymology, bookish origin, 英语词源]