going barefoot (verb) pad: walk quietly; walk ploddingly
Sinonime: academic,
augur, bookish person, bookworm, brain*,
critic,
disciple,
doctor, egghead, gnome,
grind*, intellectual, learned person, learner, litterateur, person of letters, philosopher, professor,
pupil, sage, savant, schoolchild, scientist,
student, teacher,
tool, wise person