STUDIOUS, a. [L.] 1. Given to books or to learning; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as a studious scholar.2. Contemplative; given to thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation.3. Diligent; eager to discover something, or to effect some object; as, be studious to please; studious to find new friends and allies.4. Attentive to; careful; with of.Divines must become studious of pious and venerable antiquity.5. Planned with study; deliberate.For the frigid villany of studious lewdness, for the calm malignity of labored impiety, what apology can be invented?6. Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation; as the studious shade.et my due feet never fail, To walk the studious cloister pale. [The latter signification is forced and not much used.]
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