booksy

English

Etymology

books +‎ -y

Adjective

booksy (comparative more booksy, superlative most booksy)

1. (informal) Pertaining to books.
   • 1948, Dan Wickenden, Tobias Brandywine:

     "I feel that a book shop should be more, well, booksy."

   • 1955, John Innes Mackintosh Stewart, The guardians:

     "Booksy talk?" Quail was amused by this not entirely felicitous apology. "But my dear young man, you were as booksy as any of us...

2. (informal) Inclined to read books; literate.
   • 1972, John Braine, The queen of a distant country:

     And he wasn't booksy and didn't pretend to be: he cheerfully admitted to reading no books except the occasional thriller.

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