booksy, a. colloq.
(ˈbʊksɪ)
[f. books pl. of book n. + -y1.]
Having literary or bookish pretensions; usu. in jocular or derisory use.
| 1934 A. Woollcott While Rome Burns iii. iv. 185 The library of this booksy Aspasia. 1945 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's End ii. 11 In Mr. Raven's presence everything turned booksy. 1958 Woman's Own 3 Sept. 55/1 I'm going to borrow Jack and snitch him away from your booksy conversations. |