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   donnish

   /ˈdɒnɪʃ/

   adjective

   • 1. resembling a college don, particularly because of having a pedantic, scholarly manner. British

   Derivatives

   • 1. donnishly adverb
   • 2. donnishness noun

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   What does donnish mean?

   • 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. Donnish definition: resembling or characteristic of a university don; scholarly; pedantic. . See examples of DONNISH used in a sentence.

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   How do you describe a donnish person?

   • If you describe someone as donnish, you think they are rather serious and intellectual . He is precise and mildly donnish in manner. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   Was Vartan a donnish?

   • Vartan, who died last week at 87, was a learned man to be sure, but never a donnish one. He had known dons at Oxford, and placed Lady Latimer in the donnish caste: that was all. Never were dons of the donnish sort more brilliantly twitted than by young Belloc. Some of Southeys donnish ways to the irrepressible lad were superlatively exasperating.

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   Was Doolittle donnish?

   • It is no use being donnish or doctrinaire when you are dealing with competition in the wide, "wide" world. That is why it appealed to the donnish minds of those involved. Oh yes, he was donnish. Doolittle was a curt man, described as donnish and intimidating. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   Donnish means intelligent, often in a way that is too serious. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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     DONNISH translate: 學究氣的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   Donnish definition: resembling or characteristic of a university don; scholarly; pedantic. . See examples of DONNISH used in a sentence.

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   5 days ago · /ˈdɑnɪʃ/ IPA guide. Other forms: donnishly. Definitions of donnish. adjective. marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects. synonyms: academic, pedantic. scholarly. characteristic of scholars or scholarship. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Donnish."

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   adjective. don· nish ˈdä-nish. Synonyms of donnish. : of, relating to, or characteristic of a university don. donnishly adverb. donnishness noun. Examples of donnish in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web Much of it is donnish intellectual history, full of interesting but digressive discussions. Jeffrey Collins, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2018.

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   Donnish means serious and intellectual, or resembling a university don. Learn more about its origin, usage, and related words from Collins English Dictionary.

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   Donnish means of or resembling a university don, or bookish or pedantic. Find the origin, usage, and translations of donnish in this comprehensive online dictionary.

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