donnish
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- donnishly adverb
- donnishness noun
- donnism noun
Etymology
Origin of donnish
Example Sentences
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In his cap and gown, he looked whatever the opposite of donnish is.
From The New Yorker
Simons has retained a donnish air from his days as a lecturer.
From The Guardian
I think when I meet those arguments I tend to become a bit donnish, perhaps slightly finger-wagging.
From BBC
Mark even looked like one of those donnish figures fictionalised in the pages of the Cold War thrillers he loved.
From BBC
He still fires up the forge now and then, either to do donnish demonstrations for new hires or to make things: door hinges, fireplace sets, a shovel for his son’s pizza oven.
From The New Yorker
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