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Donnish   Listen
adjective
donnish  adj.  Like a university don; marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning, especially its trivial aspects.
Synonyms: academic, pedantic, bookish.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Donnish" Quotes from Famous Books



... and more of an item for the intelligent visitor to see. Even in my time he was pointed out to people as part of our innumerable enrichments, and obviously he knew it. He has become now almost the leading Character in a little donnish world of ...
— The New Machiavelli • Herbert George Wells



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