bookish knowledge

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• knowledge — knowledge, science, learning, erudition, scholarship, information, lore are comparable when they mean what is known or can be known, usually by an individual but sometimes by human beings in general. Knowledge applies not only to a body of facts… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• knowledge — noun 1) his knowledge of history technical knowledge Syn: understanding, comprehension, grasp, command, mastery; expertise, skill, proficiency, expertness, accomplishment, adeptness, capacity, capability; informal know how …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Knowledge — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Knowledge >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 knowledge knowledge Sgm: N 1 cognizance cognizance cognition cognoscence| Sgm: N 1 acquaintance acquaintance experience ken privity insight familiarity …   English dictionary for students

• knowledge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Cognizance Nouns 1. knowledge, cognizance, cognition, acquaintance, ken, privity, familiarity, comprehension, apprehension, recognition, appreciation; intuition, conscience, consciousness, awareness,… …   English dictionary for students

• knowledge — noun Etymology: Middle English knowlege, from knowlechen to acknowledge, irregular from knowen Date: 14th century 1. obsolete cognizance 2. a. (1) the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bookish — adjective Date: 1566 1. a. of or relating to books b. fond of books and reading 2. a. inclined to rely on book knowledge b. of words literary and formal as opposed to collo …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bookish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. studious; formal. See learning. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. scholarly, academic, erudite, book learned; see learned 1 , pedantic . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. studious, academic, scholarly,… …   English dictionary for students

• bookish — adj. 1 studious; fond of reading. 2 acquiring knowledge from books rather than practical experience. 3 (of a word, language, etc.) literary; not colloquial. Derivatives: bookishly adv. bookishness n …   Useful english dictionary

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