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Bookish: Definition and part of speech

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Bookish

  1. a. Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences.
  2. a. Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bonus: Definition and part of speech

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Bonus

  1. n. Money paid in addition to a stated compensation.
  2. n. A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter.
  3. n. An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Book: Definition and part of speech

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Book

  1. n. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.
  2. n. A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.
  3. n. A composition, written or printed; a treatise.
  4. n. A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of “Paradise Lost.”
  5. n. A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bony: Definition and part of speech

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Bony

  1. a. Having large or prominent bones.
  2. a. Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.