Studious
STUDIOUS, adjective [Latin]
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.]