donnish
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don·nish
 (dŏn′ĭsh)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a university don.
2. Bookish or pedantic.
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donnish
(ËdÉnɪÊ)adj
(Education) of or resembling a university don
Ëdonnishly adv
Ëdonnishness n
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don•nish
(ˈdɒn ɪʃ)adj.
bookish; pedantic.
[1825–35]
don′nish•ly, adv.
don′nish•ness, n.
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donnish
Characteristic of a university lecturer, especially in devotion to learning.
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Adj. | 1. | donnish - marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects scholarly - characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude" |
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donnish
adjective scholarly, erudite, scholastic, pedantic, bookish, pedagogic, precise, formalistic He is precise and mildly donnish in manner.
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donnish
adjectiveCharacterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules, without knowledge or experience of practical matters:
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donnish
[ˈdɒnɪʃ] ADJ [life, discussion etc] → de erudito, de profesor; (in appearance) → de aspecto erudito (pej) → profesoril, pedantescoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
donnish
(Brit: usu pej)Collins German Dictionary â Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007