given or devoted to reading or study.

more acquainted with books than with real life.

of or pertaining to books; literary.

stilted; pedantic.

adjective

ignorant , unschooled , stupid

adjective

academic , learned , pedantic , studious , scholastic , brainy * , intelligent , smart , literary , scholarly , donnish , formalistic , inkhorn , pedantical , educated , erudite , formal , highbrow , knowing , learning , lettered , thoughtful