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Exaggerated studiousness
Answer for the clue "Exaggerated studiousness ", 11 letters:
bookishness
Word definitions for bookishness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bookish \Book"ish\, a. Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books. ``A bookish man.'' --Addison. ``Bookish skill.'' --Bp. Hall. Characterized by a method of expression generally found ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The property of being bookish.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. exaggerated studiousness
Usage examples of bookishness.
That summer, Mother was sure that Anne-Marie would find success as a famous Hollywood costume designer, just as she viewed my bookishness as a sign that I would become a university professor and take us all to live in some nice college town up-state.
He looked on my bookishness as a personal affront because he had flunked out of school.
Then (in Roger's vision) he could see the garlanded bibliopole turning to the expectant audience, giving his trailing gown a deft rearward kick as the ladies do on the stage, and uttering, without hesitation or embarrassment, with due interpolation of graceful pleasantry, that learned and unlaboured discourse on the delights of bookishness that he had often dreamed of.