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.]