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studious
What does studious mean?
studious (adjective): devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use studious in a sentence?
- All my children are studious. (Tatoeba sentence #9053139 by rafaeldejesus8199, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce studious?
/ˈstudiəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does studious come from?
From Latin studiōsus.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books
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having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate
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