donnish
[don-ish]
adjective
resembling or characteristic of a university don; bookish; pedantic.
Origin of donnish
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Related Words for donnish
pompous, stilted, abstruse, academic, arid, didactic, doctrinaire, dry, dull, egotistic, erudite, formal, fussy, hairsplitting, learned, ostentatious, particular, pedagogic, priggish, punctiliousExamples from the Web for donnish
Historical Examples of donnish
Sheffield said he liked people to be natural, and hated that donnish manner.
Loss and GainJohn Henry Newman
He was stiff and donnish, and had scarcely condescended to speak to any one.
The Three LieutenantsW.H.G. Kingston
I thought that he was affecting the poet, and in me he found a donnish affectation of the British sportsman.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston EditionRobert Louis Stevenson
I do not know whether I am donnish with him, or if I bullied him too much when he was little; but he is always counter to me.
The Pillars of the House, Vol. I (of 2)Charlotte M. Yonge
He had known dons at Oxford, and placed Lady Latimer in the donnish caste: that was all.
The Vicissitudes of Bessie FairfaxHarriet Parr
donnish
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